soda

See also Soda, sõda, and sodā

English

A glass of soda (carbonated beverage).

Sodium bicarbonate.

Etymology

Italian soda, from Arabic suwwad (saltwort).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈsəʊdə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈsoʊdə/
• Rhymes: -əʊdə

Noun

soda (countable and uncountable; plural sodas)

1. (uncountable) Sodium carbonate.
2. (uncountable) Sodium in chemical combination.
3. (uncountable) Carbonated water (originally made with sodium bicarbonate).
4. (US, uncountable) Any carbonated (usually sweet) soft drink.
5. (US, countable) A glass, bottle or can of this drink.

Synonyms

• (drink, glass of this drink): carbonated drink, fizzy drink, fizz (UK), (fizzy) pop (Northern US, Canada), soda pop (US), soft drink

Derived terms

baking soda bicarbonate of soda caustic soda club soda cream soda ice-cream soda muriate of soda hydrosulfite of soda, hydrosulphite of soda nitrate of soda soda-acid soda ash soda biscuit soda bread soda cellulose soda counter soda cracker soda fountain soda glass sodaic

soda jerk soda jerker soda lake soda-lime glass sodalite soda lye sodamide soda niter, soda nitre soda paper soda pop soda prairie soda process soda pulp soda siphon soda waste soda water sodium sulfate of soda, sulphate of soda sulfite of soda, sulphite of soda washing soda

Translations

sodium carbonate

• Arabic: صودا (ar) (ṣóda) f, كربونات الصوديوم (ar) (karbunāt aṣ-ṣódyum) m
• Dutch: natriumcarbonaat (nl)
• Finnish: sooda (fi), natriumkarbonaatti (fi)
• French: carbonate de soude (fr) m

• Italian: soda (it) f, carbonato di sodio (it) m
• Russian: сода (ru) (sóda) f
• Spanish: sosa (es) f, soda (es) f
• Yiddish: סאַדע (yi) (sode) f

sodium in chemical combination

• Finnish: natrium (fi)

carbonated water

• Afrikaans: sodawater (af)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘇打 (cmn), 苏打 (cmn) (sūdá)

• Czech: sodová voda (cs) f, sodovka (cs) f
• Dutch: frisdrank (nl) m
• Finnish: kivennäisvesi (fi), soodavesi (fi)
• German: Sprudel (de) m, saurer Sprudel (de) m

• Italian: soda (it) f, seltz (it) m
• Japanese: ソーダ水 (ja) (sōda-sui)
• Norwegian: brus (no) m
• Russian: содовая вода (ru) (sódovaja vodá) f, газировка (ru) (gaziróvka) f
• Spanish: soda (es) f
• Swedish: läsk (sv) c, brus (sv) c
• Thai: โซดา (th) (so-da)

sweet, carbonated drink

• Afrikaans: koeldrank (af)
• Arabic: مشروب غازي (ar) (mašrūb ġāzi) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 汽水 (cmn) (qìshuǐ)

• Dutch: frisdrank (nl), prik (nl), limonade (nl), priklimonade (nl)
• Finnish: limonadi (fi), virvoitusjuoma (fi)
• French: boisson gazeuse (fr) f
• German: Limonade (de) f, Brause (de) f, süßer Sprudel (de) m
• Hindi: सोडा (hi) (sōḍā) m, सोडाआ (hi) m
• Italian: bibita (it) f, bevanda gassata (it) f
• Japanese: 炭酸飲料 (ja) (たんさんいんりょう, tansan inryō)
• Portuguese: refrigerante (pt) m, refresco (pt) m, soda (pt) f

• Romanian: băuturi răcoritoare (ro), răcoritoare (ro)
• Russian: газировка (ru) (gaziróvka) f
• Sotho: senomaphodi (st)
• Spanish: gaseosa (es) f, bebida (es) f, soda (es) f, (Chile), refresco (es) m (Bolivia, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Spain, Venezuela), (Eastern Bolivia, Northern Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico) soda (es) f agua (Guatemala, colloquial - short for agua gaseosa), (Spain, colloquial) casera (es) f, (Mexico, colloquial) chesco (es) m, (Ecuador, colloquial) cola (es) f, (Venezuela, colloquial - regional and working class usage) fresco (es) m
• Swedish: läsk (sv), dricka (sv) c, lemonad (sv)
• Tok Pisin: loliwara (tpi)
• Yiddish: סאַדע (yi) (sode) f

glass of this drink

Anagrams

• ados
• dosa
• odas

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French

Etymology

From English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /so.da/

• Audio (Paris)

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Noun

soda m (plural sodas)

1. soda (any carbonated drink)

Anagrams

• ados, dosa, sado

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Italian

Etymology

From Arabic

Noun

soda f (plural sode)

1. soda, sodium carbonate
2. soda water

Synonyms

• (sodium carbonate): carbonato di sodio
• (soda water): seltz

Anagrams

• dosa

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Latvian

Noun

soda m

1. genitive singular form of sods

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sóda f (Cyrillic spelling со́да)

1. soda (sodium carbonate)
2. soda (carbonated drink)

Declension

    declension of soda

	singular	plural
nominative	soda	sode
genitive	sode	soda
dative	sodi	sodama
accusative	sodu	sode
vocative	sodo	sode
locative	sodi	sodama
instrumental	sodom	sodama

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Spanish

Noun

soda f (plural sodas)

1. soda (soft drink)
2. (Costa Rica, Panama, rarely in United States) cheap, casual restaurant

Synonyms

• gaseosa
• refresco
• bebida (Chile)

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Swedish

Noun

soda c

1. soda, sodium carbonate

Declension

Declension of soda

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	soda	sodan
genitive	sodas	sodans

Related terms

• sodalut
• sodavatten

Synonyms

• natriumkarbonat