different between cacao vs cioccolato

English

Etymology

From Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl. Doublet of cocoa.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k??k?????/, /k??ke?????/, [k??k??????], [k??k?e?????]
• (US) IPA^(key): /k??ka??/, /k??ke??o??/, [k??k?a??], [k??k?e??o??]
• Rhymes: -a?

Noun

cacao (countable and uncountable, plural cacaos)

1. A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
2. This tree's seed, the cocoa bean.

Derived terms

• Cacao yellow mosaic virus

Related terms

• cocoa

Translations

Further reading

• cacao on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Alternative forms

• cacau (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??k?u?/
• Hyphenation: ca?cao
• Rhymes: -?u?

Noun

cacao m (uncountable)

1. cocoa [from late 16th c.]

Derived terms

• cacaoboom
• cacaoboon
• cacaoboter
• cacaomelk
• cacao-overeenkomst
• cacaopoeder

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: kakao

French

Etymology

From Spanish cacao

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ka.o/

Noun

cacao m (plural cacaos)

1. cocoa

Derived terms

• beurre de cacao
• cacaoté
• cacaotier
• cacaotière
• cacaoyer
• cacaoyère

Further reading

• “cacao” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

cacao m (invariable)

1. cocoa

Romanian

Etymology

From French cacao.

Noun

cacao f (uncountable)

1. cocoa

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl (“cacao bean”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?kao/, [ka?ka.o]

Noun

cacao m (plural cacaos)

1. cacao tree

   Synonym: cacaotero

2. cacao bean
3. cocoa (bean, powder)
4. (colloquial) confusion

   Synonyms: desorden, confusión

Derived terms

• cacaotal
• cacaotero

Related terms

• cacahual
• cacahuate, cacahuete

Descendants

Further reading

• “cacao” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
• cacao on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Italian

Alternative forms

• cioccolata
• cioccolate, cioccolatte, cioccolatto (archaic)

Etymology

From Spanish chocolate, from Classical Nahuatl chocol?tl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??ok.ko?la.to/
• Hyphenation: cioc?co?là?to

Noun

cioccolato m (plural cioccolati)

1. chocolate (food, confectionery, colour)

Related terms

• cioccolata
• cioccolataio
• cioccolatiere
• cioccolatino
• cioccolato al latte
• cioccolato bianco
• cioccolato fondente