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choc·o·late

(chô′kə-lĭt, chôk′lĭt, chŏk′-)

1. Fermented, roasted, shelled, and ground cacao seeds, often combined with a sweetener or flavoring agent.

2. A beverage made by mixing water or milk with chocolate.

3. A small, chocolate-covered candy with a hard or soft center.

4. A grayish to deep reddish brown to deep grayish brown.

adj.

1. Made or flavored with chocolate: chocolate pudding.

2. Of a grayish to deep reddish brown to deep grayish brown.

[Spanish, from Nahuatl chicolātl, chocolātl, frothy beverage made from water, cornmeal, and ground cacao and kapok tree seeds : probably chicol-, chocol-, of unknown meaning and origin + ātl, water; see axolotl.]

choc·o·lat·y, choc·o·lat·ey (-lĭ-tē) adj.

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chocolate

(ˈtʃɒkəlɪt; ˈtʃɒklɪt; -lət)

1. (Cookery) a food preparation made from roasted ground cacao seeds, usually sweetened and flavoured

2. (Cookery) a drink or sweetmeat made from this

3. (Colours)

a. a moderate to deep brown colour

b. (as adjective): a chocolate carpet.

[C17: from Spanish, from Aztec xocolatl, from xococ sour, bitter + atl water]

ˈchocolaty, ˈchocolatey adj

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choc•o•late

(ˈtʃɔ kə lɪt, ˈtʃɒk ə-, ˈtʃɔk lɪt, ˈtʃɒk-)

n.

1. a preparation of the roasted, husked, and ground seeds of cacao, often sweetened and flavored, as with vanilla.

2. a candy made from or coated with such a preparation.

3. a syrup or flavoring made from such a preparation.

4. a hot or cold beverage made by dissolving such a preparation in milk or water.

5. a dark brown color.

adj.

6. made or flavored with chocolate.

7. having the color of chocolate; dark-brown.

[1595–1605; < Sp < Nahuatl chocolātl]

choc′o•lat•y, choc′o•lat•ey, adj.

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Noun	1.	chocolate - a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot cocoa, drinking chocolate, hot chocolate cocoa - powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed beverage, drinkable, potable, drink - any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"
	2.	chocolate - a food made from roasted ground cacao beans solid food, food - any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment; "food and drink" baking chocolate, bitter chocolate, cooking chocolate - pure unsweetened chocolate used in baking and icings and sauces and candy chocolate candy - candy made with chocolate chocolate liquor - the liquid or paste that is produced when cocoa beans are roasted and ground; the basis of all chocolate cocoa butter - the vegetable fat from the cacao that is extracted from chocolate liquor; the basis for white chocolate cocoa powder - the powdery remains of chocolate liquor after cocoa butter is removed; used in baking and in low fat and low calorie recipes and as a flavoring for ice cream bittersweet chocolate, dark chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate - chocolate liquor with cocoa butter and small amounts of sugar and vanilla; lecithin is usually added couverture - chocolate that contains at least 32 percent cocoa butter milk chocolate - chocolate made from chocolate liquor with sugar and cocoa butter and powdered milk solids and vanilla and (usually) lecithin; the most common form of chocolate for eating; used in chocolate candy and baking and coatings white chocolate - a blend of cocoa butter and milk solids and sugar and vanilla; used in candy bars and baking and coatings; not technically chocolate because it contains no chocolate liquor cacao bean, cocoa bean - seed of the cacao tree; ground roasted beans are source of chocolate
	3.	chocolate - a medium brown to dark-brown color deep brown, umber, burnt umber, coffee brown, brownness - an orange of low brightness and saturation

Translations

شكولاتةشوكولاطهمَشْروب الشوكولاطَهمَصْنوعٌ مِنَ الشوكولاطه

čokoládačokoládový

chokoladechokolade-kop chokolade

Schokolade Schokoladen-...Trinkschokolade Praline

σοκολάτα σοκολατένιος σοκολατούχος

ĉokoladaĉokolado

chocolate bombón de chocolate

šokolaad

suklaasuklaakonvehtisuklaanruskeakonvehti

chocolat praline

čokoladačokoladni

csokoládécsokoládébarnacsokoládés

coklat

súkkulaðisúkkulaîisúkkulaîi-

cioccolata cioccolato cioccolatino cioccolato al latte cioccolato fondente

チョコレート

초콜릿

šokoladasšokoladinisšokoladinis saldainisšokolado gėrimas

šokolādešokolādes-šokolādes dzēriens

chocolade chocoladekleur

sjokolade sjokolade-kakao

czekolada

chocolate

ciocolată

шоколад шоколадка шоколадный

čokoládačokoládový

čokolada

čokoladaчоколада

choklad

ช็อกโกแลต

çikolataçikolatalıkakao

sô cô la

巧克力巧克力制的巧克力糖或饮料

chocolate

[ˈtʃɒklɪt]

A. N → chocolate m; (= individual sweet) → bombón m
hot or drinking chocolate → chocolate m caliente
a box of chocolates → una caja de bombones or chocolatinas

B. CPD [biscuit, cake, egg] → de chocolate; [colour] (also chocolate brown) → (de color) chocolate
chocolate biscuit N → galleta f de chocolate
chocolate éclair N → relámpago m de chocolate

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

chocolate

[ˈtʃɒklət]

(= confectionery) → chocolat m

(= individual sweet) → chocolat m

(= drink) → chocolat m hot chocolate

(= colour) → chocolat m

modif [sauce, cake, ice cream] → au chocolat; [flavour] → (de) chocolat; [chip, powder] → de chocolat
a chocolate cake → un gâteau au chocolat

adj (= colour) → chocolat invchocolate bar n → barre f de chocolat, barre f au chocolatchocolate biscuit n → biscuit m au chocolatchocolate-box [ˈtʃɒklətbɒks] adj (= pretty) → trop joli(e)chocolate brown

n → chocolat m

adj → chocolat invchocolate chip cookie n → biscuit m aux pépites de chocolatchocolate drop n → pastille f au chocolatchocolate eclair n → éclair m au chocolat

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chocolate

→ Schokolade f; (hot or drinking) chocolate → Schokolade f, → Kakao m; a chocolate → eine Praline

(= colour) → Schokoladenbraun nt

adj → Schokoladen-; (= chocolate-coloured) → schokoladenbraun; chocolate pudding → Schokoladenkuchen m; (= whip) → Schokoladenpudding m; chocolate sauce → Schokoladensoße f

chocolate

chocolate bar

n (= slab) → Tafel f → Schokolade; (= Mars® bar etc) → Schokoladenriegel m

chocolate biscuit

n → Schokoladenkeks m

chocolate box

n → Pralinenschachtel f

chocolate-box

adj look, picture → Postkarten-

chocolate cake

n → Schokoladenkuchen m

chocolate-coloured

adj → schokoladenbraun

chocolate-flavoured

adj → mit Schokoladengeschmack

chocolate fudge cake

n → Schokoladencremetorte f

chocolate sauce

n → Schokoladensoße f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

chocolate

[ˈtʃɒklɪt]

1. n (substance) → cioccolato, cioccolata; (individual sweet) → cioccolatino; (drink) → cioccolata
hot or drinking chocolate → cioccolata (calda)

2. adj (biscuit, cake) → al cioccolato; (egg) → di cioccolato; (colour) → (color) cioccolato inv

chocolate

(ˈtʃokəlit) noun

1. a paste made from the seeds of the cacao tree.

2. a sweet or drink made from it. Have a chocolate; a cup of chocolate.

adjective

of, made from, covered with, chocolate. chocolate ice-cream; chocolate biscuits.

chocolate

→ شكولاتة čokoláda chokolade Schokolade σοκολάτα chocolate suklaa chocolat čokolada cioccolata チョコレート 초콜릿 chocolade sjokolade czekolada chocolate шоколад choklad ช็อกโกแลต çikolata sô cô la 巧克力

chocolate

n. chocolate.

chocolate

n chocolate m

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