kakao

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

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

kakao n (relational 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), 2008–2025

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)

1. cacao

• koko (Standard Malay)

• “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

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, 2003–2025

• kakau

Borrowed from English cocoa.

• Audio (Kenya):

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kakao class IX (plural kakao class X)

1. cocoa

• mkakao (“cacao tree”)

From Spanish cacao.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ̂ːkaˌuː/

kakao c

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

• 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

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

kakao

1. wooden ladle

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”