チョコレート
解説 Definition
チョコレートという意味です。食べ物としてのチョコレートや、チョコレート味のものを指します。日本語の「チョコレート」とほぼ同じ意味で使われます。
A food made from processed cacao beans, usually combined with sugar and often milk, and eaten as a sweet or used to flavor other foods. The word can also refer to a piece, type, or flavor of this food.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
日本語とほぼ同じだが、英語では不可算名詞として I want chocolate「チョコレートが欲しい」のように使うのが基本。種類や一個の菓子を数える場合は chocolates や a piece of chocolate とする。chocolate cake、chocolate flavor のように名詞の前に置けば「チョコレート味の」を表せる。
The Japanese loanword gives you the basic meaning, but pay attention to English grammar. Chocolate is usually uncountable when it means the substance or food in general: I want chocolate or This cake contains chocolate. Use a piece of chocolate for one portion, and chocolates for separate filled sweets or individual pieces. It also commonly comes before another noun to describe flavor or ingredients, as in chocolate cake, chocolate ice cream, and chocolate sauce. This countable-versus-uncountable pattern is the most useful point to remember.
例文
I want chocolate.
私はチョコレートが欲しいです。
This cake has chocolate.
このケーキにはチョコレートが入っています。
He gave me chocolate.
彼は私にチョコレートをくれました。
chocolate の類義語・関連語
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chocolate の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ナワトル語(アステカ語)xocolātl(苦い水)が起源。xococ(苦い)+ ātl(水)。スペイン人がメキシコから持ち帰りスペイン語 chocolate として欧州に広まった。関連語: cocoa。カカオ飲料が元で、甘い菓子の意味は後世の発展。
English chocolate came through Spanish chocolate from a word in Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs and other peoples of central Mexico. It is often connected with xocolātl and traditionally explained using roots associated with bitterness and water, although the precise historical formation is debated. The word originally referred to a cacao-based drink. After cacao reached Europe, its meaning expanded as sweetened solid chocolate and chocolate-flavored foods were developed.
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