Chocolate in Different Languages
Discover 'Chocolate' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Chocolate
Afrikaans sjokolade | ||
Albanian cokollate | ||
Amharic ቸኮሌት | ||
Arabic شوكولاتة | ||
Armenian շոկոլադ | ||
Assamese চকলেট | ||
Aymara chukulati | ||
Azerbaijani şokolad | ||
Bambara sokola | ||
Basque txokolatea | ||
Belarusian шакалад | ||
Bengali চকোলেট | ||
Bhojpuri चॉकलेट | ||
Bosnian čokolada | ||
Bulgarian шоколад | ||
Catalan xocolata | ||
Cebuano tsokolate | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 巧克力 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 巧克力 | ||
Corsican cicculata | ||
Croatian čokolada | ||
Czech čokoláda | ||
Danish chokolade | ||
Dhivehi ޗޮކްލެޓް | ||
Dogri चाकलेट | ||
Dutch chocola | ||
English chocolate | ||
Esperanto ĉokolado | ||
Estonian šokolaad | ||
Ewe tsokolɛti | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) tsokolate | ||
Finnish suklaa | ||
French chocolat | ||
Frisian sûkelade | ||
Galician chocolate | ||
Georgian შოკოლადი | ||
German schokolade | ||
Greek σοκολάτα | ||
Guarani chocolate | ||
Gujarati ચોકલેટ | ||
Haitian Creole chokola | ||
Hausa cakulan | ||
Hawaiian kokoleka | ||
Hebrew שוקולד | ||
Hindi चॉकलेट | ||
Hmong dej qab zib | ||
Hungarian csokoládé | ||
Icelandic súkkulaði | ||
Igbo chọkọleti | ||
Ilocano tsokolate | ||
Indonesian cokelat | ||
Irish seacláid | ||
Italian cioccolato | ||
Japanese チョコレート | ||
Javanese coklat | ||
Kannada ಚಾಕೊಲೇಟ್ | ||
Kazakh шоколад | ||
Khmer សូកូឡា | ||
Kinyarwanda shokora | ||
Konkani चॉकलेट | ||
Korean 초콜릿 | ||
Krio chɔklɛt | ||
Kurdish çîkolata | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) شوکولاتە | ||
Kyrgyz шоколад | ||
Lao ຊັອກໂກແລັດ | ||
Latin scelerisque | ||
Latvian šokolāde | ||
Lingala chocolat | ||
Lithuanian šokolado | ||
Luganda chokoleeti | ||
Luxembourgish schockela | ||
Macedonian чоколадо | ||
Maithili लेमनचूस | ||
Malagasy sôkôla | ||
Malay coklat | ||
Malayalam ചോക്ലേറ്റ് | ||
Maltese ċikkulata | ||
Maori tiakarete | ||
Marathi चॉकलेट | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯆꯣꯀꯣꯂꯦꯠ | ||
Mizo chocolate | ||
Mongolian шоколад | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ချောကလက် | ||
Nepali चकलेट | ||
Norwegian sjokolade | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chokoleti | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଚକୋଲେଟ୍ | ||
Oromo chokoleetii | ||
Pashto چاکلیټ | ||
Persian شکلات | ||
Polish czekolada | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) chocolate | ||
Punjabi ਚਾਕਲੇਟ | ||
Quechua chocolate | ||
Romanian ciocolată | ||
Russian шоколад | ||
Samoan sukalati | ||
Sanskrit चॉकलेट | ||
Scots Gaelic seoclaid | ||
Sepedi tšhokolete | ||
Serbian чоколада | ||
Sesotho tsokolate | ||
Shona chokoreti | ||
Sindhi چاڪليٽ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) චොකලට් | ||
Slovak čokoláda | ||
Slovenian čokolado | ||
Somali shukulaato | ||
Spanish chocolate | ||
Sundanese coklat | ||
Swahili chokoleti | ||
Swedish choklad | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) tsokolate | ||
Tajik шоколад | ||
Tamil சாக்லேட் | ||
Tatar шоколад | ||
Telugu చాక్లెట్ | ||
Thai ช็อคโกแลต | ||
Tigrinya ቾኮሌት | ||
Tsonga chokoleti | ||
Turkish çikolata | ||
Turkmen şokolad | ||
Twi (Akan) kyokolate | ||
Ukrainian шоколад | ||
Urdu چاکلیٹ | ||
Uyghur شاكىلات | ||
Uzbek shokolad | ||
Vietnamese sô cô la | ||
Welsh siocled | ||
Xhosa itshokholethi | ||
Yiddish שאָקאָלאַד | ||
Yoruba koko | ||
Zulu ushokoledi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "sjokolade" is derived from the Nahuatl word "xocoatl", which means "bitter water". |
| Albanian | In Albanian, ''cokollate'' has roots in the Mayan language, derived from ''cok'' (bitter) and ''olatl'' (water) or possibly ''choco'' (hot). |
| Amharic | The word "ቸኮሌት" in Amharic can also refer to a type of sweet potato. |
| Arabic | In Arabic, the word "شوكولاتة" (chocolate) originates from the Nahuatl word "xocolātl," which means "warm, bitter liquid." |
| Azerbaijani | The word "şokolad" in Azerbaijani is derived from the Nahuatl word "xocoatl," meaning "bitter water." |
| Basque | The Basque word "txokolatea" originates from the Nahuatl language, where "xocolatl" means "bitter water". |
| Belarusian | The word "шакалад" (šakalad) comes from the Nahuatl word "xocoatl," meaning "bitter water." |
| Bengali | চকোলেট শব্দটি নাহুয়াতল ভাষার 'চকোলাতল' থেকে এসেছে, যার অর্থ 'নীল নদীর পানি' |
| Bosnian | The Bosnian word "čokolada" comes from the Nahuatl word "xocolātl" which means "bitter water". |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word “шоколад” can also refer to cocoa, cacao, and hot chocolate. |
| Catalan | "Xocolata" derives from the Nahuatl "xocolatl" which means "warm bitter drink." |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, the word 'tsokolate' also refers to a traditional hot chocolate drink made with tablea. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | チョコレートの中国語名は「巧克力」，「巧」は技が優れていることを表し、「克力」は力を表している。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 巧克力源自阿茲提克納瓦特爾語「xocóatl」，意指「苦水」或「可可飲品」 |
| Corsican | The word `cicculata` has been proposed to be a loan from Spanish `chocolatar`, but this etymology is uncertain, and it probably originates in Tuscan `cioccolata`. |
| Croatian | The word "čokolada" is derived from the Nahuatl word "xocolatl", meaning "bitter water." |
| Czech | "Čokoláda" also means "drinking chocolate" in Czech. |
| Danish | In Danish, "chokolade" can also refer to "hot chocolate" or "chocolate sauce". |
| Dutch | Chocola (chocolate) comes from the Nahuatl word xocolatl. This can translate into hot water and bitter water. |
| Esperanto | The word "ĉokolado" is derived from the Nahuatl word "xocolatl", meaning "bitter water". |
| Estonian | The word "šokolaad" in Estonian is derived from the Nahuatl word "xocolatl", meaning a bitter drink made from roasted cacao beans. |
| Finnish | "Suklaa" is etymologically related to the Nahuatl word "xocolātl" and the Spanish word "chocolate" |
| French | In early Spanish records, "chocolat" refers to a drink, whereas "cacao" is the bean. This later swapped in French and English. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "sûkelade" may have derived from the Nahuatl word "xocoatl," meaning "bitter water". |
| Galician | In Galician, "chocolate" is also used to describe dark-brown colors and the brown wool of sheep. |
| Georgian | In Georgian, the word "შოკოლადი" ("chocolate") comes from the French word "chocolat", which in turn comes from the Nahuatl word "xocoatl", meaning "bitter water." |
| German | "Schokolade" originally referred to a cocoa-based drink served hot rather than a solid food. |
| Greek | The word "σοκολάτα" in Greek derives from the Nahuatl word "xocolatl", meaning "bitter water". |
| Gujarati | "ચોકલેટ" is Gujarati for 'sweet made with crushed cocoa beans' or 'powder used to make such a sweet'. |
| Haitian Creole | The term "chokola" in Haitian Creole shares the same etymological root as "xocolatl" in Nahuatl, an indigenous language spoken in pre-Columbian Mexico. |
| Hausa | In Hausa, the word 'cakulan' is a blend of the words 'cakalate' and 'kula', meaning 'drink' and 'nut', respectively. The word originally referred to a chocolate drink made from ground cocoa beans, but it later came to be used for chocolate in general. |
| Hawaiian | "Kokoleka" is a word that has been used to describe various edible substances, including the flesh of certain fruits and the sweet liquid that drips from the stalks of certain plants. |
| Hebrew | In Hebrew, "שוקולד" can also mean "cocoa" or "cacao", depending on the context. |
| Hindi | The word चॉकलेट (chocolate) is derived from the Aztec word 'xocolatl', meaning 'bitter water'. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "dej qab zib" also means "the thing that makes the mouth happy". |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "csokoládé" derives from the Nahuatl word "xocolātl" and originally referred to a drink made from cacao beans. |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "súkkulaði" comes from the Nahuatl word "xocolatl", meaning "bitter water". |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "chọkọleti" is borrowed from the English word "chocolate" and has no distinct alternate meanings in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | The word “cokelat” is adapted from Spanish “chocolate”, which in turn was taken from Nahuatl “xocolatl” meaning “bitter water”. |
| Irish | The Irish word 'seacláid' is a relatively recent borrowing from the English word 'chocolate', and is not related to any older Irish words for food. |
| Italian | Cioccolato originally meant "hot chocolate," deriving from "cioccolata," a spiced beverage consumed in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. |
| Japanese | The word "チョコレート" in Japanese comes from the Spanish word "chocolate", which in turn comes from the Nahuatl word "xocoatl" meaning "bitter water". |
| Javanese | "Coklat" in Javanese can also refer to the color brown. |
| Kazakh | The word "шоколад" in Kazakh is derived from the French word "chocolat", which itself comes from the Nahuatl word "xocolatl", meaning "bitter water". However, in Kazakh, the word "шоколад" can also refer to a sweet drink made from chocolate or cocoa powder. |
| Khmer | Derived from the Nahuatl word "xocolātl", referring to a bitter beverage made from cocoa beans. |
| Korean | "초콜릿" is the Korean word for "chocolate", and it is derived from the Nahuatl word "xocolatl" which means "bitter water". |
| Kurdish | The word 'çîkolata' is also used to refer to a type of candy made from roasted peanuts and sugar. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "шоколад" also means "cocoa bean". |
| Latin | In Latin, "scelerisque" means "wickedness" or "crime". |
| Latvian | The word “šokolāde” originates from the Nahuatl word “xocolātl,” meaning “bitter water”. |
| Lithuanian | Origin of the Lithuanian "šokolado": from the Spanish "chocolate", possibly from the Nahuatl term "xocolatl", meaning "warm liquid." |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Schockela" is derived from the Nahuatl word "xocolatl", meaning "bitter water", and is related to the English word "chocolate". |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "чоколадо" is derived from the Nahuatl word "xocolātl", meaning "bitter water". |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "sôkôla" is derived from the Spanish word "chocolate", which in turn originates from the Nahuatl word "xocolatl" meaning "bitter water". |
| Malay | The word "coklat" can also refer to a type of brown dye or a dark brown color. |
| Malayalam | The word 'ചോക്ലേറ്റ്' ('chocolate') in Malayalam is derived from the Nahuatl word 'xocolatl', meaning 'bitter water'. |
| Maltese | The word "ċikkulata" in Maltese ultimately derives from the Mayan "chocolhaa" meaning "hot drink". |
| Maori | The word 'tiakarete' was likely influenced by the words 'tia' (to hold tightly) and 'karete' (a sweet substance), implying a 'held tightly' sweetness. |
| Marathi | चॉकलेट is derived from the Nahuatl word 'chocolatl' meaning 'bitter water'. |
| Mongolian | The word 'шоколад' originates from the Nahuatl word 'xocolātl', meaning 'bitter water'. |
| Nepali | The word 'चकलेट' in Nepali derives from the Nahuatl word 'xocolatl', meaning 'bitter water'. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, the word “sjokolade” likely comes from the Nahuatl “xocolatl,” meaning “bitter water.” |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "chokoleti" in Nyanja (Chichewa) is derived from the Aztec word "xocolatl", meaning "bitter water". |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "چاکلیټ" comes from the Persian word "شکلات" (shokolat) and eventually comes from the Mayan word "chokol'aa". |
| Persian | The word |
| Polish | The word "czekolada" in Polish, derived from the Nahuatl word "xocoatl," originally referred specifically to a bitter, unsweetened chocolate drink. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Chocolate" derives from the Nahuatl word "chocolātl," meaning "bitter water." |
| Punjabi | While the word "ਚਾਕਲੇਟ" (chocolate) usually refers to the sweet food made from cocoa beans, it can also mean "brown" or "dark-colored" in Punjabi. |
| Romanian | The word "ciocolată" derives from the Nahuatl word "xocolātl", meaning "bitter water" |
| Russian | Шоколад (šokolad) в русском языке происходит от французского (chocolat) через испанское (chocolate), которое, в свою очередь, заимствовано из языка ацтеков |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "sukalati" is derived from Spanish or English, and is also used in several Polynesian languages. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "seoclaid" in Scots Gaelic has the alternate meaning of "sweetheart" and is cognate with the Irish word "seacláid". |
| Serbian | The word "чоколада" derives from the Nahuatl word "xocoatl" meaning "bitter water". |
| Sesotho | The word "tsokolate" is derived from the Spanish word "chocolate" and also refers to a traditional beer made from malted sorghum. |
| Shona | The word chokoreti may derive from the Nahuatl word chocolatl or the Mayan word xocoatl, meaning "bitter water" |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "چاڪليٽ" is derived from the Arabic "شوكولاتة" and the Persian "شكلات". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "චොකලට්" ultimately comes from the Nahuatl word "xocolatl", which means "bitter water". |
| Slovak | "Čokoláda" (chocolate) comes from the Nahuatl word "xocolatl," which means "bitter water." |
| Slovenian | The word "čokolado" is derived from the Nahuatl word "xocolatl", meaning "bitter water". |
| Somali | The word 'shukulaato' in Somali can be traced back to the Spanish word 'chocolate' which derives from the Nahuatl word 'xocoatl'. |
| Spanish | The word "chocolate" derives from the Nahuatl word "xocolatl," meaning "bitter water." |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, "coklat" is also used to describe the color brown. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "chokoleti" is derived from the Nahuatl word "xocoatl" for a type of bitter drink made from the ground seeds of the cacao tree. |
| Swedish | The word "choklad" in Swedish derives from the Nahuatl word "xocolatl," meaning "bitter water." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Derived from the Nahuatl word "xocolatl," meaning "bitter water." |
| Tajik | The word "шоколад" in Russian comes from the Aztec word "xocolātl". |
| Telugu | The word "చాక్లెట్" derives from the Nahuatl word "chocolatl," meaning "bitter water." |
| Thai | In Thai, "ช็อคโกแลต" can also refer to a shade of brown similar to the color of chocolate. |
| Turkish | The Turkish "çikolata" derives from the Aztec word “xocolatl,” which means warm or bitter water. |
| Ukrainian | Шоколад in Ukrainian has the same meaning as in English, but it also refers to a specific type of drink made from cocoa powder, milk, and sugar. |
| Urdu | The word "چاکلیٹ" is derived from the Nahuatl word "xocolatl", meaning "bitter water" and is also used to refer to hot chocolate or drinking chocolate. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "shokolad" (chocolate) is derived from the Persian word "shukolat", which is in turn derived from the Nahuatl word "xocolatl" (bitter water). |
| Vietnamese | "Sô cô la" is derived from the Nahuatl word "xocoatl," meaning "bitter water," and has also been used to refer to a drink made from ground cocoa beans. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word 'siocled' derives from the Nahuatl word 'xocolatl', meaning 'bitter water'. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "itshokholethi" comes from the Nahuatl word "xocolātl" meaning "bitter water". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "שאָקאָלאַד" ("chocolate") comes from the Nahuatl word "xocolātl" (meaning "bitter water"), ultimately derived from the Mayan word "chocol" (meaning "warm drink"). |
| Yoruba | Kòkò also means 'brown' and may be derived from 'kókóró', which means 'to dye' or 'to stain'. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "ushokoledi" ultimately derives from the Nahuatl word "xocolatl" via Spanish. |
| English | The word 'chocolate' derives from the Nahuatl word 'xocolātl', meaning 'bitter water'. |