coca

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish coca, from Quechua kuka, perhaps from Aymara.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊkə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊkə/

Noun

coca (usually uncountable, plural cocas)

1. Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
2. The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine.

Further reading

• Erythroxylon coca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Erythroxylon coca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• caco-

Noun

coca f (plural coques)

1. coca (pastry)
2. coca (plant)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ka/

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Etymology 1

Contracted form of Coca-Cola

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish, from Quechua.

Further reading

• “coca” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Noun

coca f (plural cocas)

1. coca (cultivated plant of the family Erythroxylaceae)
2. coca (dried leaf of Erythroxylon coca)
3. Coke (Coca-Cola)
4. (uncountable, slang) snow (cocaine)

Etymology

Borrowed from French coca, from Spanish, from Quechua.

Noun

coca f (uncountable)

1. coca plant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoka/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Quechua koka or Aymara kuka (“coca”).

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of cocaína (“cocaine”).

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of Coca-Cola.

Further reading

• “coca” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Verb

-coca^?

1. to chat

Verb

-coca

1. to become clean