soda
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian soda. Sense 4 is an ellipsis of soda water.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsəʊdə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈsoʊdə/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊdə
Noun
[edit]soda (countable and uncountable, plural sodas)
- (uncountable) Sodium bicarbonate.
- Synonym: baking soda
- (uncountable) Sodium carbonate.
- Synonym: washing soda
- (uncountable) Sodium in chemical combination.
- (uncountable) Carbonated water (water impregnated with pressurised carbon dioxide, originally made with sodium bicarbonate).
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.
‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’
- (chiefly US, Philippines, uncountable) Any carbonated (usually sweet) soft drink.
- 2025 July 19, Ben Blatt, “Should Food Stamps Pay for Soda?”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN:
- Should Americans on food assistance be able to use that money on soda? Starting in 2026, the answer in six states will be no. At least six others have proposed similar restrictions, and some states are also disallowing candy purchases.
- (chiefly US, countable) A glass, bottle or can of this drink.
- (card games) The first card in the dealing box in the game of faro, which is discarded to leave 51 cards in play.
Usage notes
[edit]Preferences for using “coke” generically, “pop”, “soda”, etc. for the class of carbonated beverages has a strong regional component in the United States.[1] See extended notes at soda pop.
Synonyms
[edit]- (drink, glass of this drink): carbonated drink, fizzy drink, fizz (UK), (fizzy) pop (Northwest US, Canada, UK), soda pop (US), soft drink, coke (Southern US), tonic (Massachusetts) lemonade (Australia), ginger (Scotland), thirst-buster (colloquial)
Derived terms
[edit]- baking soda
- bicarbonate of soda
- bicarb soda
- bread soda
- caustic soda
- champagne soda
- club soda
- cooking soda
- creaming soda
- cream soda
- dirty soda
- doodh soda
- from soda to hock
- hydrosulfite of soda, hydrosulphite of soda
- hyposulfite of soda
- hyposulphite of soda
- ice cream soda
- ice-cream soda
- icecream soda
- lemon soda
- muriate of soda
- nitrate of soda
- oat soda
- sal soda
- salt of soda
- soda acid
- soda-acid
- soda alum
- soda ash
- soda biscuit
- soda bread
- soda cellulose
- soda counter
- soda cracker
- Soda Creek
- soda fount
- soda fountain
- soda fountain chair
- soda glass
- sodaic
- soda jerk
- soda jerker
- soda lake
- soda-lime
- soda-lime glass
- sodalite
- soda lye
- soda machine
- sodamide
- soda niter, soda nitre
- soda paper
- soda pop
- soda prairie
- soda process
- soda pulp
- soda shop
- soda siphon
- Soda Springs
- soda straw
- soda syphon
- soda trachyte
- soda waste
- soda water
- sodium
- sulfate of soda, sulphate of soda
- sulfite of soda, sulphite of soda
- washing soda
- washing-soda
- white soda
Descendants
[edit]- → Unami: suti
Translations
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References
[edit]- ^ Fridland, Valerie M. (6 July 2025), “Pop, soda or coke? A linguist explains the history behind the various names for the drink”, in PBS NewsHour[1], PBS, retrieved 6 July 2025
Further reading
[edit]- “soda”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Anagrams
[edit]Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]soda f
- soda (sodium bicarbonate; usually baking soda)
- soda (sodium carbonate; usually washing soda, caustic soda)
- soda (carbonated water)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “soda”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “soda”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “soda”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]soda c (singular definite sodaen, not used in plural form)
- soda (sodium carbonate)
- soda water
- Synonym: sodavand
Declension
[edit]| common gender |
singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | soda | sodaen |
| genitive | sodas | sodaens |
References
[edit]- “soda” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /so.da/
Audio (Paris): (file) Audio: (file) Audio (France (Paris)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file)
Noun
[edit]soda m (plural sodas)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “soda”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈsoda/ [ˈso.da]
- Rhymes: -oda
- Syllabification: so‧da
Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch soda, from Italian soda, from Arabic سُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʔ, “Suaeda”), which has several variants in Arabic dialects only recorded later.
Noun
[edit]soda (plural soda-soda)
- soda
- sodium bicarbonate
- Synonyms: soda kue, natrium bikarbonat
- sodium carbonate
- Synonym: natrium karbonat
- sodium in chemical combination.
- carbonated water
- sweet, carbonated drink
- sodium bicarbonate
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Mandailing Batak [Term?].
Noun
[edit]soda (plural soda-soda)
- lime chewed with a betel quid
- Synonym: kapur sirih
Etymology 3
[edit]Borrowed from Cia-Cia [Term?].
Verb
[edit]soda
- attached (branches attached to the tree)
Etymology 4
[edit]From Koneq-Koneqe
Noun
[edit]soda (plural soda-soda)
- warm water
- Synonym: air hangat
Further reading
[edit]- “soda”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic سُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʔ, “Suaeda”), which has several variants in Arabic dialects only recorded later. Meanings of a beverage are semantic loan from English soda.
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]soda f (plural sode)
- (obsolete) parts of certain plants high in mineral salts the ashes in particular of which were used in glassmaking
- soda, sodium carbonate
- Synonym: carbonato di sodio
- soda water
- Synonym: seltz
Etymology 2
[edit]Adjective
[edit]soda f
Verb
[edit]soda
Anagrams
[edit]Karelian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *sota.
Noun
[edit]soda (genitive sovan, partitive sodua)
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Kongo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]soda
Latvian
[edit]Noun
[edit]soda f (4th declension)
Declension
[edit]| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | soda | — |
| genitive | sodas | — |
| dative | sodai | — |
| accusative | sodu | — |
| instrumental | sodu | — |
| locative | sodā | — |
| vocative | soda | — |
Noun
[edit]soda m
Verb
[edit]soda
- third-person singular/plural present indicative of sodīt
- (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of sodīt
- (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of sodīt
Lingala
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]soda
Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Belonging to the family of Lithuanian sodinti.
Noun
[edit]sodà f (plural sõdos) stress pattern 4
Declension
[edit]| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | sodà | sõdos |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | sodõs | sodų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | sõdai | sodóms |
| accusative (galininkas) | sõdą | sodàs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | sodà | sodomi̇̀s |
| locative (vietininkas) | sodojè | sodosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | sõda | sõdos |
References
[edit]- “soda”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
- Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965), “sodà”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 854
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]sodà f (plural sòdos) stress pattern 2
- (chiefly in the singular) soda (chemical compound containing sodium)
- kaustinė soda ― caustic soda, sodium hydroxide
- kalcinuota soda ― calcined soda, sodium carbonate
- kepimo soda, maistinė soda ― baking soda, [food-related] soda, sodium bicarbonate
Declension
[edit]| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | sodà | sòdos |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | sòdos | sòdų |
| dative (naudininkas) | sòdai | sòdoms |
| accusative (galininkas) | sòdą | sodàs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | sodà | sòdomis |
| locative (vietininkas) | sòdoje | sòdose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | sòda | sòdos |
References
[edit]- “soda”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
Livonian
[edit]Noun
[edit]soda
References
[edit]- Andreas Johan Sjögren, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1861), Livisch-deutsches und deutsch-livisches Wörterbuch
- Pajusalu, Karl & Winkler, Eberhard, Salis-livisches Wörterbuch (2009). Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia. Tallinn.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Italian sodo, possibly from Latin solidus (“solid”). The second sense is borrowed from English.
Noun
[edit]soda m (definite singular sodaen, indefinite plural sodaar or sodaer, definite plural sodaane or sodaene)
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]soda n
References
[edit]- “soda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Internationalism; compare German Soda, Italian soda, Spanish soda, ultimately from Medieval Latin soda, from Arabic سُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʔ). Doublet of sód.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]soda f
- (chemistry) soda, sodium carbonate, washing soda
- Synonym: węglan sodu
- (baking, chemistry) baking soda, soda, sodium bicarbonate
- Synonym: soda oczyszczona
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- soda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- soda in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
Etymology 1
[edit]From Spanish soda. Meanings of a beverage are semantic loan from English soda.
Noun
[edit]soda f (plural sodas)
- (historical) parts of certain plants high in mineral salts the ashes in particular of which were used in glassmaking
- soda (carbonated water)
- soda (sweet, carbonated drink)
- Synonyms: refrigerante, refresco
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]soda
- inflection of sodar:
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sóda f (Cyrillic spelling со́да)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | soda | sode |
| genitive | sode | soda |
| dative | sodi | sodama |
| accusative | sodu | sode |
| vocative | sodo | sode |
| locative | sodi | sodama |
| instrumental | sodom | sodama |
Further reading
[edit]- “soda”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Slovene
[edit]Noun
[edit]soda
- inflection of sod:
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]16th-century borrowing from Italian soda. Doublet of sosa acquired earlier from Catalan. Meanings of a beverage are semantic loan from English soda.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈsoda/ [ˈso.ð̞a]
Audio (Costa Rica): (file) - Rhymes: -oda
- Syllabification: so‧da
Noun
[edit]soda f (plural sodas)
- (historical) parts of certain plants high in mineral salts the ashes in particular of which were used in glassmaking
- soda (soft drink)
- soda (sodium hydroxide)
- Synonym: sosa
- (Costa Rica, Panama, rarely in United States) eatery; cheap, casual restaurant
- Synonym: comedor
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “soda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Swahili
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]soda class IX (plural soda class X)
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic سَوْدَاء (sawdāʔ, “black bile”).
Noun
[edit]soda class IX (plural soda class X)
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]soda c
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | soda | sodas |
| definite | sodan | sodans | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
Synonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Tok Pisin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]soda
Veps
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *sota.
Noun
[edit]soda
Inflection
[edit]| Inflection of soda (inflection type 5/sana) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | soda | ||
| genitive sing. | sodan | ||
| partitive sing. | sodad | ||
| partitive plur. | sodoid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | soda | sodad | |
| accusative | sodan | sodad | |
| genitive | sodan | sodoiden | |
| partitive | sodad | sodoid | |
| essive-instructive | sodan | sodoin | |
| translative | sodaks | sodoikš | |
| inessive | sodas | sodoiš | |
| elative | sodaspäi | sodoišpäi | |
| illative | sodaha | sodoihe | |
| adessive | sodal | sodoil | |
| ablative | sodalpäi | sodoilpäi | |
| allative | sodale | sodoile | |
| abessive | sodata | sodoita | |
| comitative | sodanke | sodoidenke | |
| prolative | sodadme | sodoidme | |
| approximative I | sodanno | sodoidenno | |
| approximative II | sodannoks | sodoidennoks | |
| egressive | sodannopäi | sodoidennopäi | |
| terminative I | sodahasai | sodoihesai | |
| terminative II | sodalesai | sodoilesai | |
| terminative III | sodassai | — | |
| additive I | sodahapäi | sodoihepäi | |
| additive II | sodalepäi | sodoilepäi | |
- English terms borrowed from Italian
- English terms derived from Italian
- English ellipses
- English 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/əʊdə
- Rhymes:English/əʊdə/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
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- English terms with quotations
- American English
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- en:Card games
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- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Danish terms borrowed from Italian
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- Rhymes:Indonesian/oda
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- Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch
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- Indonesian terms borrowed from Mandailing Batak
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɔda
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- krl:War
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- Polish internationalisms
- Polish terms derived from Medieval Latin
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɔda
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- Polish lemmas
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- pl:Chemistry
- pl:Baking
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