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cocoa¹

  • /ˈkəʊ.kəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈkoʊ.koʊ/ Canada, US
  • /ˈkəʉ.kəʉ/ Australia
  • /ˈkɐʉ.kɐʉ/ New Zealand
  • /koˈkoʊ.ɐ/ Philippines

Sounds like coco · Rhymes with -əʊkəʊ

Where it comes from

From Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl. The form cocoa came about by confusion with coco, popularized by Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language. Doublet of cacao.

noun cocoas

  1. countable, uncountable The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
  2. countable, uncountable An unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking.
  3. uncountable A hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar. Do you like cocoa?

    Similar: chocolate, drinking chocolate, hot chocolate

  4. countable A serving of this drink. I like to watch TV with a cocoa.
  5. countable A light to medium brown colour.

adjective

  1. not comparable Of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder.

cocoa²

  • /ˈkəʊ.kəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈkoʊ.koʊ/ Canada, US
  • /ˈkəʉ.kəʉ/ Australia
  • /ˈkɐʉ.kɐʉ/ New Zealand
  • /koˈkoʊ.ɐ/ Philippines

Sounds like coco · Rhymes with -əʊkəʊ

Where it comes from

By confusion with cocoa, popularized by Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language.

noun

  1. alternative, nonstandard Alternative spelling of coco

Cocoa³

proper noun

  1. an object-oriented programming API for macOS
  2. rare A unisex given name.
  3. A city in Brevard County, Florida, United States.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: chocolate, hot chocolate, choco, cacao, coco, coconut, coca, koko, buffer, hammer, koka, commie, hoh, cauca, cereals, kuka

Translations

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noun partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree

Españolcacao
한국어카카오 kakao, 코코아 kokoa
日本語カカオの実 kakao no mi
中文可可豆 kěkědòu
Kiswahilikakao
Portuguêssemente de cacau
DeutschKakaobohne
Italianocacao, fave di cacao
Ελληνικάφασόλι κακάο fasóli kakáo
Românăcacao
Русскийкака́о kakáo
Tiếng Việtcacao, ca-cao
العربيةكاكاو kakāw

noun hot drink

Españolchocolate
한국어코코아 kokoa
日本語ココア kokoa
中文熱可可 /热可可 rèkěkě
Portuguêschocolate quente
Françaiscacao
DeutschKakao, heiße Schokolade
Ελληνικάκακάο kakáo, σοκολάτα sokoláta
Românăcacao
Русскийкака́о kakáo
العربيةكَاكَاو kākāw
עבריתקָקָאוֹ kaká'o

noun cup/mug of this drink

Españolchocolate
한국어코코아 kokoa, 핫초콜릿 hatchokollit
日本語ココア kokoa, ホットチョコレート
中文一杯熱可可 /一杯热可可 yī bēi rèkěkě
Françaiscacao
DeutschKakao, heiße Schokolade
Ελληνικάκακάο kakáo
Românăcacao

noun colour

Españolchocolate
한국어갈색 galsaek
日本語ココア色 kokoa iro
中文可可色 kěkěsè
Portuguêschocolate
Françaiscacao
Ελληνικάκαστανοκίτρινος kastanokítrinos
Românăcacao
Русскийкака́о kakáo

adj of a light to medium brown colour

日本語ココア色の kokoa iro no
中文可可色 kěkěsè
Françaiscacao

name programming API

FrançaisCocoa

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Chicago

"cocoa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cocoa.

BibTeX
@misc{cocoa_2026,
  title = {cocoa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cocoa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}