cacao
French, noun/ka.ka.o/
cacao is spelled C-A-C-A-O (5 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written French, the 13,537th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cacao is a French masculine noun meaning “cocoa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Graine du cacaoyer qui sert à la fabrication du chocolat”.
What does cacao mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecocoa
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Graine du cacaoyer qui sert à la fabrication du chocolat. 2. Poudre soluble obtenue après torréfaction et broyage de l’amande des fèves de cacao fermentées produites par le cacaoyer, pressage et séparation de la graisse de cacao. 3. Boisson cacaotée.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cacao
- cacaos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cacao?
- /ka.ka.o/
- \ka.ka.o\
- [dy ka.ka.o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cacao
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cacao in French?
cacao appears 3.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).