Meaning

7 senses
  1. (uncountable)A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans.

    Chocolate is a very popular treat.

    Schokolade, Schoko

    шокола́дšokolád

    шокола́дšokolád

    a food made from roasted ground cacao beans

  2. (uncountable)A drink made by dissolving this food in boiling milk or water.

    a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot

  3. (countable)A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate.

    He bought her some chocolates as a gift. She ate one chocolate and threw the rest away.

    Praline

    шокола́дкаšokoládka, шокола́дная конфе́таšokoládnaja konféta

  4. (uncountable)A dark, reddish-brown colour/color, like that of chocolate (also called chocolate brown).

    As he cooked it the whole thing turned a rich, deep chocolate.

    chocolat, schokoladenfarben

    шокола́дныйšokoládnyj

    a medium brown to dark-brown color

  5. (countable)A cat having a chocolate-colored coat.

  6. (countable, slang)A black person.

  7. A black person.

    (slang, uncountable)Blackness.

Examples

995 sentences
  1. What's your favorite kind of chocolate?

    Який твій улюблений вид шоколаду?

    ruКакой твой любимый сорт шоколада?

    deWas ist deine Lieblingsschokoladensorte?

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  2. Tom likes chocolate cake a lot.

    Том дуже любить шоколадний торт.

    ruТом очень любит шоколадный торт.

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  3. I don't want to sell chocolate anymore.

    Я більше не хочу продавати шоколад.

    deIch möchte nicht mehr Schokolade verkaufen.

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  4. I don't like chocolate, but Tom does.

    Я не люблю шоколад, а от Том любить.

    ruЯ не люблю шоколад, а Том любит.

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  5. Tom gave Mary money to buy some chocolate.

    Том дав Мері гроші, щоб вона купила шоколад.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
food made from ground roasted cocoa beans:
Русский
By meaning 3
food made from ground roasted cocoa beans:
small piece of confectionery made from chocolate:
colour:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
food made from ground roasted cocoa beans:
small piece of confectionery made from chocolate:
colour:

Origin

Borrowed from Spanish chocolate, from Classical Nahuatl chocolātl, of uncertain origin. Se

Borrowed from Spanish chocolate, from Classical Nahuatl chocolātl, of uncertain origin. See that entry for more information.

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Forms

plural: chocolates
Singularchocolate
Pluralchocolates

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
choccychocochocchockiechocky
Close in meaning

Word family

74 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • chocolate ice cream
  • chocolate ice
  • like chocolate
  • box of chocolates
  • like chocolate ice
  • chocolate cake
  • some chocolate
  • chocolate chip cookies
  • hot chocolate
  • eat chocolate
  • chocolate bar
  • doesn't like chocolate

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
chocolate — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto