chocolate – English noun declension

English noun forms of chocolate

Noun: chocolate
Singularchocolate
Pluralchocolates

Sample Sentences

  • Chocolate is a very popular treat.
  • In eighteenth century France, many aphrodisiac dishes and pastries were compounded with chocolate. [1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 62:]
  • Chocolate came in those fairy cups of India china, which made the delight of our grandmothers, and whose value was such, that the poet satirist considered their loss to be the severest trial to a woman's feelings—alias her temper;... [1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Another London Life”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 168:]
  • He bought her some chocolates as a gift. She ate one chocolate and threw the rest away.
  • Madame de Pompadour was fond of chocolates spiced with vanilla and amber. [1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 242:]
  • As he cooked it the whole thing turned a rich, deep chocolate.
  • A small boy clutching a Negro woman’s hand walked toward us. He looked all Negro to me: he was rich chocolate with flaring nostrils and beautiful teeth. [1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:]
  • "I suppose you have some of your sweet chocolates working for you?" Barney nodded. [1967, James David Horan, The Right Image: A Novel of the Men who Make Candidates, page 73:]
  • “How is my sexy chocolate?” Mark says on the other end. [2011, Ella Campbell, Torn: The Melissa Williams Story, →ISBN, page 69:]
  • I can consume as much of you as I want to without gaining weight. Sexy chocolate is what you are. [2009, Evangeline Holloway, The Reincarnation of Love, →ISBN, page 83:]
  • “Yes Lucas, you're some fine sexy chocolate”, she whispered, her long dark hair covering her face and the curves bursting out of her dress. [2012, Harry Davis, My Name Is Lucas, →ISBN:]

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chocolate, from Classical Nahuatl chocolātl, of uncertain origin. See that entry for more information. See: Spanish Nouns 'chocolate'.

Verbs referencing "chocolate"

Irish Nouns seacláid.