kakao

Borrowed from Spanish cacao, from Nahuatl cacahuatl (“cocoa”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkakao]
• Hyphenation: ka‧kao

kakao n (related adjective kakaový)

1. cocoa powder (powder from cocoa solids)
2. cocoa (hot drink)

• “kakao”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kakao”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kakao”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

From Spanish cacao, from Nahuatl cacahuatl (“cocoa”).

• IPA^(key): /kakaːo/, [kʰaˈkʰæːo]

kakao c (singular definite kakaoen, not used in plural form)

1. cocoa
2. cacao

• kakaomælk

• → Icelandic: kakó

From Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl.

• IPA^(key): [kaˈkao]
• Rhymes: -ao
• Hyphenation: ka‧ka‧o

kakao (accusative singular kakaon, plural kakaoj, accusative plural kakaojn)

1. cocoa bean (seed of the cacao tree)

   Synonyms: kakafabo, kakaofabo

• kakaarbo, kakaoarbo (“cacao tree”)

German Kakao.

kakao (genitive kakao, partitive kakaod)

1. cocoa powder
2. hot chocolate

Declension of kakao (ÕS type 26/koi, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kakao	kakaod
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kakao
genitive			kakaode
partitive		kakaod	kakaosid
illative		kakaosse	kakaodesse
inessive		kakaos	kakaodes
elative		kakaost	kakaodest
allative		kakaole	kakaodele
adessive		kakaol	kakaodel
ablative		kakaolt	kakaodelt
translative		kakaoks	kakaodeks
terminative		kakaoni	kakaodeni
essive		kakaona	kakaodena
abessive		kakaota	kakaodeta
comitative		kakaoga	kakaodega

• kakaopruun
• kakaopulber
• kakaouba
• šokolaad

• kakao in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Borrowed from English cacao, French cacao, German Kakao, Italian cacao, Russian кака́о (kakáo), Spanish cacao.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈkao/

kakao (plural kakai)

1. (beans and drink) cocoa

• kakaiero (“cacao, cacao tree, cocoa tree”)
• kakabutro (“cocoa butter”)

From Dutch cacao, from Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkakao̯]
• Hyphenation: ka‧kao

kakao (plural kakao-kakao, first-person possessive kakaoku, second-person possessive kakaomu, third-person possessive kakaonya)

1. cacao.

• koko (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

• “kakao” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

kakao

1. Rōmaji transcription of カカオ

kakao m (definite singular kakaoen)

1. cocoa

• kakaobønne
• kakaopulver
• kakaosmør
• kakaotre

• “kakao” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

kakao m (definite singular kakaoen)

1. cocoa

• kakaobønne
• kakaopulver
• kakaosmør
• kakaotre

• “kakao” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈka.ɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɔ
• Syllabification: ka‧ka‧o

kakao n (indeclinable, diminutive kakałko, related adjective kakaowy)

1. cocoa powder (powder from cocoa solids)
2. cocoa (hot drink)
3. cocoa (partially fermented seeds of cacao tree)
4. (anatomy, euphemistic, slang, vulgar) anus (lower opening of the digestive tract)

• kakao in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kakao in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Derived from Spanish cacao, from Nahuatl cacahuatl (“cocoa”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkakaɔ]

kakao n (genitive singular kakaa, nominative plural kakaá, genitive plural kakaí, declension pattern of mesto)

1. cocoa
2. cocoa bean

• “kakao”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

• kakau

Borrowed from English cocoa.

• Audio (Kenya):

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kakao (n class, plural kakao)

1. cocoa

• mkakao (“cacao tree”)

From Spanish cacao.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ̂ːkaˌuː/

kakao c

1. cocoa, cacao (a tree, its beans, powder made from them)

• kakaoböna
• kakaofett
• kakaolikör
• kakaopulver
• kakaosmör
• kakaoträd

• kakao in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kakao in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kakao in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

From English cacao.

kakao

1. cocoa

From Ottoman Turkish قاقااو (kakao), from French cacao, Spanish cacao, Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl, from Proto-Nahuan *kakawatl, ultimately a borrowing from Proto-Mixe-Zoque *kakawa + -tl (“absolutive noun suffix”).

kakao (definite accusative kakaoyu, plural kakaolar)

1. cocoa
2. cacao

Inflection
Nominative	kakao
Definite accusative	kakaoyu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kakao	kakaolar
Definite accusative	kakaoyu	kakaoları
Dative	kakaoya	kakaolara
Locative	kakaoda	kakaolarda
Ablative	kakaodan	kakaolardan
Genitive	kakaonun	kakaoların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular kakaom kakaolarım 2nd singular kakaon kakaoların 3rd singular kakaosu kakaoları 1st plural kakaomuz kakaolarımız 2nd plural kakaonuz kakaolarınız 3rd plural kakaoları kakaoları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular kakaomu kakaolarımı 2nd singular kakaonu kakaolarını 3rd singular kakaosunu kakaolarını 1st plural kakaomuzu kakaolarımızı 2nd plural kakaonuzu kakaolarınızı 3rd plural kakaolarını kakaolarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular kakaoma kakaolarıma 2nd singular kakaona kakaolarına 3rd singular kakaosuna kakaolarına 1st plural kakaomuza kakaolarımıza 2nd plural kakaonuza kakaolarınıza 3rd plural kakaolarına kakaolarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular kakaomda kakaolarımda 2nd singular kakaonda kakaolarında 3rd singular kakaosunda kakaolarında 1st plural kakaomuzda kakaolarımızda 2nd plural kakaonuzda kakaolarınızda 3rd plural kakaolarında kakaolarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular kakaomdan kakaolarımdan 2nd singular kakaondan kakaolarından 3rd singular kakaosundan kakaolarından 1st plural kakaomuzdan kakaolarımızdan 2nd plural kakaonuzdan kakaolarınızdan 3rd plural kakaolarından kakaolarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular kakaomun kakaolarımın 2nd singular kakaonun kakaolarının 3rd singular kakaosunun kakaolarının 1st plural kakaomuzun kakaolarımızın 2nd plural kakaonuzun kakaolarınızın 3rd plural kakaolarının kakaolarının

• “kakao”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

kakao

1. wooden ladle

Variant orthographies

ALIV	kakao
Brazilian standard	kakaao
New Tribes	cacaao

Borrowed from Spanish cacao.

• IPA^(key): [kakaːo]

kakao

1. cacao, Theobroma cacao or Herrania mariae

• Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 31: “kakao”