cocoa
nomadjectifnomcourant dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˈkəʊ.kəʊ//
- Canada//ˈkoʊ.koʊ//
- Australie//ˈkəʉ.kəʉ//
The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
nom
- 1
The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
- 2
An unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking.
- 3
A hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar.
Do you like cocoa?
Half past nine - high time for supper; Cocoa, love? Of course, my dear. Helen thinks it quite delicious, John prefers it now to beer.... ¶For they've stumbled on the secret Of a love that never wanes, Rapt beneath the tumbled bedclothes, Cocoa coursing through their veins.
- 4
A serving of this drink.
I like to watch TV with a cocoa.
- 5
A light to medium brown colour.
Étymologie
From Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl. The form cocoa came about by confusion with coco, popularized by Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language. Doublet of cacao.
adjectif
- 1
Of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder.
nom
- 1
Variante de cocoAlternative spelling of coco.
Étymologie
By confusion with cocoa, popularized by Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language.
Formes
- pluriel
- cocoas
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