សូកូឡា
soukoulaa
សូកូឡា (soukoulaa) is the Khmer word for chocolate.
The term refers to the food made from ground roasted cocoa beans.
Meaning: food made from ground roasted cocoa beans (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
soukoulaa
When do people say it?
The word សូកូឡា is a loanword from the French word chocolat.
Did you know?
- Though the word សូកូឡា is French in origin, Cambodia now produces its own artisanal chocolate using locally grown cocoa beans from provinces like Kampot.
- In Cambodia, chocolate is frequently sold in the form of 'chocolate dips' at street markets, where fresh fruits like mango or banana are dipped into melted សូកូឡា.
- Because Khmer does not use capital letters, the word សូកូឡា will never appear with an initial capital even at the start of a sentence in Khmer-language print.
Examples in context
- ខ្ញុំចូលចិត្តញ៉ាំសូកូឡា។khnom jol jet nham sokola.I like eating chocolate.
- តើអ្នកចង់បានសូកូឡាទេ?tae neak jong ban sokola te?Do you want some chocolate?
- សូកូឡានេះមានរសជាតិឆ្ងាញ់ណាស់។sokola nih mean ros cheat chnganh nah.This chocolate tastes very delicious.
Example conversation
Sok and Sreyny are at a dessert shop.
- សុខ Sokស្រីនី ចង់ញ៉ាំសូកូឡាមែនទេ?Sreyny chong nham sokola men te?Sreyny, do you want to eat chocolate?
- ស្រីនី Sreynyចាស ខ្ញុំចង់ញ៉ាំខ្លាំងណាស់។chas khnhom chong nham khlang nah.Yes, I really want to eat some.
- សុខ Sokខ្ញុំនឹងទិញសូកូឡាឲ្យអ្នក។khnhom nung tinh sokola oy neak.I will buy chocolate for you.
- ស្រីនី Sreynyអរគុណច្រើន សុខ!orkun chreun Sok!Thank you very much, Sok!
Sources
- Wiktionary, “chocolate” translations and entries សូកូឡា, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
