Cacao

Translingual

Etymology

From Spanish cacao.

Proper noun

Cacao f

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – synonym of Theobroma.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids - clades; Malvales - order; Malvaceae - family

References

• Theobroma cacao on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Theobroma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Theobroma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Cacao at The Plant List

Spanish

Etymology

From cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl.

Proper noun

Cacao m or f by sense

1. a surname, the 655th most common surname in Guatemala

Tagalog

Etymology

From kakaw. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈkaw/ [kɐˈxaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: Ca‧cao
• Homophone: kakaw

Proper noun

Cacáo (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜃᜏ᜔)

1. a surname, mostly concentrated in Batangas and Laguna