Chocolate in 417 languages

417 languages

Chocolate, the food made from roasted, ground cacao — the everyday word for the substance and the sweet made from it, not the cacao bean or tree, nor a hot chocolate drink specifically.

Major languages

English

chocolate

/ˈtʃɒklət/

9 readings of the same spelling

Chinese

巧克力

/tɕʰjɑʊ˧˩˧ kʰɤ˥˩ li˥˩/

5 different spellings

巧克力

/tɕʰjɑʊ˧˩˧ kʰɤ˥˩ li˥˩/

Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Mandarin

/tɕʰiau˥˧ kʰe˨˩ ni˨˩/

Sichuan Mandarin

/tɕʰiɔ˧˥ kʰəʔ˥ liɪʔ˩˨/

Shanghai Wu

/tɕʰiau˦˨ kʰɤ˨˩˧ ni˨˩˧/

Wuhan Mandarin

/tɕʰiau˥˧ kʰɤ˨˦ li˨˦/

Zhongyuan Mandarin

/tɕʰiɐ˥˩ kʰəʔ˥ liɪʔ˧/

Suzhou Wu

/kʰuɔ˧˥ kʰe˧˩˧ lei˨˩˧/

Wenzhou Wu

朱古力

/tsyː˥ kuː˥ lɪk˥/

Cantonese

/tsu˦ ku˧˩ lit˥/

Hakka Chinese

/tsu˧˧ kou˥˨ lak˦/

Teochew

/tsi˧˧ ku˥˥ let˥˥/

Taishanese

chio͘-kó͘-lè-tò͘

/tsiɔ˦˦ kɔ˥˧ le˩˩ tɔ˩˩/

Taiwanese

芝居力

/tsiak˥ ku˧˧ laʔ˨˦/

Quanzhou Hokkien Philippine Hokkien

/tsi˦˦ ku˦˦ lat̚˦/

Xiamen Hokkien

/tsi˦˦ ku˦˦ lat̚˩˨˩/

Zhangzhou Hokkien

coklat

/tsɔk˥˥ lat˥˥/

Penang Hokkien

Hindi

चॉकलेट

/ˈtʃɔːkleːʈ/

Bengali

চকোলেট

/tʃokolɛʈ/

Urdu

چاکلیٹ

/ˈtʃaːkleːʈ/

Russian

шоколад

/ʂəkɐˈlat/

Punjabi

ਚਾਕਲੇਟ

/ˈtʃaːkleːʈ/

Marathi

चॉकलेट

/ˈtʃɔːkleːʈ/

Telugu

చాక్లెట్

/ˈtʃaːkleʈ/

Tamil

சாக்லேட்

/ˈtʃaːkleːʈ/

East Asia (3)

Southeast Asia (31)

Khmer

សូកូឡា

/soːkoːlaː/

Meitei

ꯆꯣꯀꯣꯂꯦꯠ

/tʃokolet/

Musi

coklat

/tʃoklat/

Lao

ຊັອກໂກແລັດ

/sɔk˧koː˩˧lɛt˧/

Iban

coklat

/tʃoklat/

Burmese

ချောကလက်

/tɕʰɔ́kəlɛʔ/

Shan

ၶျေႃးၵလႅတ်ႉ

Sgaw Karen

ခၠီကလဲး

/tɕʰɔ̰ka̰lɛʔ/

Waray

sikolate

/sikoˈlate/

Thai

ช็อกโกแลต

/tɕʰɔk˦˥koːlɛːt˦˥/

South Asia (23)

Pashto

چاکلېټ

/tʃɑˈkleʈ/

Dari

چاکلیت

/tʃɑːkleːt/

Gujarati

ચૉકલેટ

/ˈtʃɔːkleːʈ/

Bhojpuri

चॉकलेट

/tʃɔːkleːʈ/

Kannada

ಚಾಕೋಲೆಟ್

/ˈtʃaːkoːleʈ/

Malayalam

ചോക്കലേറ്റ്

/tʃoːkːaleːtːɨ/

Odia

ଚକୋଲେଟ

/tʃɔkoleʈɔ/

Santali

ᱪᱚᱠᱞᱮᱴ

/tʃɔkleʈ/

Tulu

ಚಾಕೊಲೇಟ್

/tʃaːkoleːʈ/

Nepali

चकलेट

/tsʌkleʈ/

Sindhi

چاڪليٽ

/tʃaːkleːʈ/

Sinhala

චොකලට්

/tʃokəlaʈ/

Middle East & Central Asia (36)

Uyghur

شاكىلات

/ʃakiˈlat/

Georgian

შოკოლადი

/ʃokoˈladi/

Hebrew

שוקולד

/ʃokoˈlad/

Kazakh

шоколад

/ʃokɐˈlat/

Kyrgyz

шоколад

/ʃokoˈlad/

Adyghe

шоколад

/ʃokoˈlad/

Dargwa

шоколад

/ʃokoˈlad/

Kumyk

шикалат

/ʃikaˈlat/

Nogai

шоколад

/ʃokolad/

Abaza

шоколад

/ʃokolad/

Aghul

шикӏалат

/ʃikʼalat/

Archi

щакӏалат

/ʃːakʼalat/

Tajik

шоколад

/ʃokoˈlad/

Uzbek

shokolad

/ʃokoˈlad/

Europe (103)

Czech

čokoláda

/ˈtʃokolaːda/

Danish

chokolade

/ɕoɡoˈlæːðə/

Võro

sokolaať

/ˈsokolɑːtʲ/

Faroese

sjokuláta

/ˈʃoːʰkʊlɔɑːʰta/

Greek

σοκολάτα

/sokoˈlata/

Irish

seacláid

/ˈʃakl̪ˠaːdʲ/

Manx

shocklaid

/ˈʃoklaːdʲ/

Ladin

cicolata

/tʃikoˈlata/

Dutch

chocolade

/ʃoːkoːˈlaːdə/

said the same in 2 places

/ʃoːkoːˈlaːdə/

Dutch Belgian Dutch

Polish

czekolada

/tʂɛkɔˈlada/

Tatar

шоколад

/ʃokoˈlad/

Udmurt

шоколад

/ʃokolad/

Kalmyk

шоколад

/ʃokolad/

Veps

šokolad

/ˈʃokolad/

Votic

šokolaadi

/ʃokoˈlaːdi/

Serbian

чоколада

/tʃokolada/

Slovak

čokoláda

/ˈtʃokolaːda/

Rusyn

чоколада

/tʃokoˈlada/

Catalan

xocolata

/ʃukuˈlatə/

2 different spellings

xocolata

/ʃukuˈlatə/

Catalan

xocolate

/tʃokoˈlate/

Valencian

Fala

chocolati

/tʃokoˈlati/

Scots

chocolate

/ˈtʃɔkəlɪt/

Welsh

siocled

/ˈʃɔklɛd/

Ido

chokolado

/tʃokoˈlado/

Africa (42)

Sidamo

chokkoleete

/tʃokːoleːte/

Ewe

tsokolate

/tsokolate/

Ga

tsɔkoleti

Chewa

chokoleti

/tʃokoleti/

Sena

xokolati

/ʃokolati/

Yoruba

ṣokoléètì

/ʃokoléètì/

Zulu

ushokoledi

/uʃokoˈleːdi/

Xhosa

itshokolethi

/itʃʰokoletʰi/

Shona

chokoreti

/tʃokoreti/

North America (35)

Cree

ᒪᐢᑭᐦᑮᐢ

/maskihkiːs/

Mohawk

thiákeret

/tʰjáːɡeɾet/

Blackfoot

áópakíítsskiiʼp

/áópakíːtsːkiːʔp/

Yiddish

שאָקאָלאַד

/ʃokoˈlad/

Tojolabal

tsʼanubʼal kakaw

/tsʼanuɓal kakaw/

Cora

tzicuraá

/tsikuɾaˈa/

Latin America (15)

Oceania & the Pacific (14)

Siberia & North Asia (5)

Sakha

сакалаат

/sakalaːt/

Tuvan

шоколад

/ʃokoˈlad/

Buryat

шоколад

/ʃokoˈlad/

Altai

шоколад

/ʃokoˈlad/

Khakas

шоколад

/ʃokolad/

Ancient & historical (1)

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