noun
mocha
MO-kuh
noun
1
A coffee drink made with chocolate, or the chocolate-coffee flavour itself.
"She ordered a mocha with extra whipped cream."
"The cake had a rich mocha filling."
adj
1
Having a dark brown colour, like mocha coffee.
"The walls were painted a warm mocha shade."
How to Use Mocha
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither the coffee-and-chocolate flavour/drink, or the warm dark-brown colour named after it.
Common pairings
mocha latte
mocha frosting
mocha brown
Word Forms
mochas plural
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Etymology
Named after Mocha, a port city in Yemen that was a major coffee-trading hub under Ottoman rule; the beans traded there often had a naturally chocolaty taste, which is how the word came to mean the coffee-chocolate flavour combination.