dark chocolate

UK/ˌdɑːk ˈtʃɒk.lət/US/ˌdɑɹk ˈtʃɑk.lɪt/

noun

Chocolate that has not had milk products added to lighten and sweeten it.

Similar
plain chocolatebittersweet chocolatesemi-sweet chocolate

Meanings

noundark chocolate (countable and uncountable, plural dark chocolates)

plural dark chocolates

  1. uncountableChocolate that has not had milk products added to lighten and sweeten it.

    Synonyms: plain chocolate

  2. countableA serving or a variety of this chocolate.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounChocolate that has not had milk products added to lighten and sweeten it.

More synonyms by meaning

nounchocolate liquor with cocoa butter and small amounts of sugar and vanilla; lecithin is usually added

Similar
bittersweet chocolatesemi-sweet chocolate
Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic شُوكُولَاتَةٌ سَوْدَاء
  • شُوكُولَاتَةٌ سَوْدَاء (šūkūlātatun sawdāʔ)type of chocolate
Bengali ডার্ক চকলেট
  • ডার্ক চকলেট (ḍark cokoleṭ)type of chocolate
Bulgarian тъ́мен шокола́д
  • тъ́мен шокола́д (tắmen šokolád)type of chocolate
Chinese Cantonese 黑朱古力
  • 黑朱古力type of chocolate
Chinese Mandarin 黑巧克力, 黑巧
  • 黑巧克力 (hēiqiǎokèlì)type of chocolate
  • 黑巧 (hēiqiǎo)type of chocolate
Czech hořká čokoláda
  • hořká čokoládatype of chocolate
Danish mørk chokolade
  • mørk chokoladetype of chocolate
Dutch pure chocolade
  • pure chocoladetype of chocolate
Estonian tume šokolaad
  • tume šokolaadtype of chocolate
Finnish tumma suklaa
  • tumma suklaatype of chocolate
French chocolat noir
  • chocolat noirtype of chocolate
German Bitterschokolade, Zartbitterschokolade
  • Bitterschokoladetype of chocolate
  • Zartbitterschokoladetype of chocolate
Hindi डार्क चॉकलेट, डार्क चाकलेट
  • डार्क चॉकलेट (ḍārk cŏkleṭ)type of chocolate
  • डार्क चाकलेट (ḍārk cākleṭ)type of chocolate
Hungarian étcsokoládé, keserű csokoládé
  • étcsokoládétype of chocolate
  • keserű csokoládétype of chocolate
Icelandic dökkt súkkulaði
  • dökkt súkkulaðitype of chocolate
Indonesian cokelat hitam
  • cokelat hitamtype of chocolate
Irish seacláid dhubh, seacláid dhorcha
  • seacláid dhubhtype of chocolate
  • seacláid dhorchatype of chocolate
Italian cioccolato fondente
  • cioccolato fondentetype of chocolate
Japanese ダークチョコレート
  • ダークチョコレート (dāku chokorēto)type of chocolate
Korean 다크 초콜릿
  • 다크 초콜릿 (dakeu chokollit)type of chocolate
Latvian tumšā šokolāde
  • tumšā šokolādetype of chocolate
Lithuanian tamsus šokoladas
  • tamsus šokoladastype of chocolate
Malay coklat gelap
  • coklat gelaptype of chocolate
Norwegian Bokmål mørk sjokolade
  • mørk sjokoladetype of chocolate
Polish czekolada gorzka
  • czekolada gorzkatype of chocolate
Portuguese chocolate amargo
  • chocolate amargotype of chocolate
Romanian ciocolată neagră
  • ciocolată neagrătype of chocolate
Russian тёмный шокола́д
  • тёмный шокола́д (tjómnyj šokolád)type of chocolate
Slovak horká čokoláda
  • horká čokoládatype of chocolate
Spanish chocolate amargo
  • chocolate amargotype of chocolate
Swedish mörk choklad
  • mörk chokladtype of chocolate
Tagalog tsokolateng maitim
  • tsokolateng maitimtype of chocolate
Thai ดาร์กช็อกโกแลต
  • ดาร์กช็อกโกแลต (dáak-chɔ́k-goo-lɛ́t)type of chocolate
Turkish bitter, bitter çikolata
  • bittertype of chocolate
  • bitter çikolatatype of chocolate
  • koyu çikolatatype of chocolate
Ukrainian те́мний шокола́д
  • те́мний шокола́д (témnyj šokolád)type of chocolate
Urdu ڈارْک چاکْلیٹ
  • ڈارْک چاکْلیٹ (ḍārk cākleṭ)type of chocolate
Vietnamese sôcôla đen, sô-cô-la đen
  • sôcôla đentype of chocolate
  • sô-cô-la đentype of chocolate
Welsh siocled tywyll
  • siocled tywylltype of chocolate
Cite this entry
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“dark chocolate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dark%20chocolate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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