쇼콜라

Korean

Etymology

Borrowed from French chocolat. Doublet of 초콜릿 (chokollit) and 초콜렛 (chokollet)

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?syokolla
Revised Romanization (translit.)?syokolla
McCune–Reischauer?syok'olla
Yale Romanization?syo.kholla

Noun

쇼콜라 • (syokolla)

  1. chocolate

Usage notes

The English-borrowed term '초콜릿' is widely used for chocolate, while '쇼콜라' is used only in the French contexts such as 팽 오 쇼콜라 (pain au chocolat).

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