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noun 
  1. (uncountable) A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans.
Chocolate is a very popular treat.
  1. (countable) A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate.
He bought her some chocolates as a gift.
  1. (context, uncountable, colour) A dark, reddish-brown colour/color, like that of chocolate.
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    As he cooked it the whole thing turned a rich deep .
Translations: 
  • Dutch: chocoladekleur
  • French: chocolat
  • German: chocolat, schokoladenfarben
  • Italian: cioccolatino , pralina
    (trans-mid)
  • Spanish: bombón
adjective 
  1. Made of or containing chocolate.
  2. (colour) Having a dark reddish-brown colour/color.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: chocoladekleurig
  • French: chocolat
  • Italian: cioccolato and , colore, color cioccolato and
    (trans-mid)
  • German: schokoladenbraun
  • Spanish:
Etymology: Often said to come from (Nahu.) xocolatl (e.g. American Heritage Dictionary 2000) or chocolatl (e.g. http://dictionary.com dictionary.com 2006), which would be derived from xococ, bitter, and atl, water, (with an irregular change of x to ch). Dakin and Wichmann (2000) propose that the chocol- element refers to a special wooden stick used to prepare chocolate.However, the form xocolatl is not directly attested, and chocolatl does not appear in Nahuatl until the mid-18th century, which may indicate another origin. The word may come instead from a (Mayan.) language.In any case, the word chocolate reached English via .


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