chicolate

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃikoˈlate/
• Syllabification: chi‧co‧la‧te
• Rhymes: -ate

chicolate m (plural chicolates)

1. chocolate

• chocolate (Llanes)
• chiculate (Western Asturias)
• chuculate (Patsuezu)

From Spanish chocolate from a Classical Nahuatl. The dissimilation of o into i is not rare in Central Asturian. The fact that the most common western form is chiculate means the word must have spread from Central Asturian.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃikoˈlate/ [t͡ʃi.koˈla.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: chi‧co‧la‧te

chicolate m (plural chicolates)

1. chocolate

• “chicolate”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “chicolate”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN