noun, masculine/t͡ʃokoˈlate/plural: chocolates
chocolate (food made from cocoa beans); hot chocolate (drink made by dissolving chocolate in milk or water); hashish (the leaves of the Indian hemp plant); an Aztec drink, chocolātl, made from roasted cacao powder and water
“Y en fin es la beuida preciada, y con que cobidan a los ſeñores q̃ vienen, o paſſan por ſu tierra los Indios: y los Eſpañoles, y mas las Eſpañolas hechas a la tierra ſe muerẽ por el negro chocolate. Eſte ſobredicho chocolate dizen, q̃ hazen en diuerſas formas y tẽples, caliẽte, y freſco, y tẽplado.” — Of Cacao, and of Coke
Synonyms: hachís
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl chocolātl, of uncertain origin; see that entry for more information. First attested in the 1590s.