cola

A2 Topic:Food & Drink

US /ˈkoʊlə/ UK /ˈkəʊ.lə/ See IPA manual

Freq #12853

Meanings

1

noun
A sweet, dark, fizzy soft drink flavoured with kola nut and caramel.

He poured himself a tall glass of cola.
2

noun
The tropical tree whose nuts are used to flavour cola drinks, or the nut itself.

Cola trees grow across much of West Africa.

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Forms colas

Derived forms americolacolaholicnoncolapiscola

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cola nut
a bitter seed containing caffeine that is used to produce cola flavoring

Noun + noun

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish cola (“tail”), from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda, or from its diminutive caudula. Doublet of queue and coda.

cola Spanish coda la-vul cauda Latin

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# cola

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkoʊlə/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkəʊ.lə/
**Frequency rank:** 12853

## Meanings
1. A sweet, dark, fizzy soft drink flavoured with kola nut and caramel.
2. The tropical tree whose nuts are used to flavour cola drinks, or the nut itself.

## Examples
- He poured himself a tall glass of cola.
- Cola trees grow across much of West Africa.

## Derived Forms
- americola
- colaholic
- noncola
- piscola

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: cola
- Root: coda
- Root: cauda

## Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish cola (“tail”), from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda, or from its diminutive caudula. Doublet of queue and coda.

## AI Etymology
cola is a noun and name. It is an unadapted borrowing from Spanish cola (“tail”), from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda, or from its diminutive caudula. Doublet of queue and coda. Historical forms in the chain include cola (Spanish), coda (la-vul), and cauda (Latin). Current senses include a sweet, dark, fizzy soft drink flavoured with kola nut and caramel and the tropical tree whose nuts are used to flavour cola drinks, or the nut itself. Derived forms include americola, colaholic, noncola, and piscola.

## Topics
- Food & Drink

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