soda

See also: Appendix:Variations of "soda"

English

A glass of soda (carbonated beverage).

Sodium bicarbonate.

Etymology

From Italian soda. Sense 4 is an ellipsis of soda water.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊdə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊdə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -əʊdə

Noun

soda (countable and uncountable, plural sodas)

1. (uncountable) Sodium bicarbonate (usually baking soda).
2. (uncountable) Sodium carbonate (usually washing soda).
3. (uncountable) Sodium in chemical combination.
5. (uncountable) Carbonated water (water impregnated with pressurised carbon dioxide, originally made with sodium bicarbonate).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.’

6. (chiefly US, uncountable) Any carbonated (usually sweet) soft drink.
7. (chiefly US, countable) A glass, bottle or can of this drink.
8. (card games) The first card in the dealing box in the game of faro, which is discarded to leave 51 cards in play.

Synonyms

• (drink, glass of this drink): carbonated drink, fizzy drink, fizz (UK), (fizzy) pop (Northern US, Canada, UK), soda pop (US), soft drink, coke (Southern US), tonic (Massachusetts) lemonade (Australia), ginger (Scotland), thirst-buster (colloquial)

Derived terms

• baking soda
• bicarbonate of soda
• bicarb soda
• bread soda
• caustic soda
• champagne soda
• club soda
• cooking 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 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 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

 

Translations

sodium carbonate

• Afrikaans: natriumkarbonaat, wassoda
• Arabic: صُودَا f (ṣōdā), كَرْبُونَات اَلصُّودْيُوم m (karbunāt aṣ-ṣodyum)
• Armenian: սոդա (hy) (soda)
• Azerbaijani:

  Roman: soda

  Abjad: صوده (sōda)

• Belarusian: со́да f (sóda)
• Bulgarian: со́да f (sóda)
• Burmese: ဆိုဒါ (hcuida), ဆော်ဒါ (my) (hcauda)
• Catalan: soda (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘇打 / 苏打 (zh) (sūdá), 碳酸鈉 / 碳酸钠 (zh) (tànsuānnà)

• Dutch: natriumcarbonaat (nl)
• Finnish: sooda (fi), natriumkarbonaatti
• French: carbonate de soude (fr) m, soude (fr) f
• Georgian: სოდა (soda)
• German: Soda (de) f or n
• Greek: ανθρακικό νάτριο (el) n (anthrakikó nátrio), σόδα πλύσης (el) f (sóda plýsis)
• Hungarian: szóda (hu), nátrium-karbonát (hu)
• Ido: sodo (io)
• Italian: soda (it) f, carbonato di sodio (it) m
• Japanese: ソーダ (ja) (sōda), 炭酸ナトリウム (たんさんナトリウム, tansan natoriumu)
• Kashubian: zóda f
• Korean: 소다 (soda), 탄산 나트륨 (tansan nateuryum)
• Latin: nitrum (la) n
• Persian: سود (fa) (sud)
• Polish: soda (pl) f, węglan sodu m
• Portuguese: soda cáustica f
• Russian: со́да (ru) f (sóda), карбона́т на́трия m (karbonát nátrija)
• Spanish: sosa (es) f, soda (es) f
• Swahili: magadi (sw)
• Tagalog: sosa
• Thai: โซดา (th) (soo-daa)
• Ukrainian: со́да f (sóda)
• Yiddish: סאָדע f (sode)

sodium in chemical combination

• Afrikaans: natriumkarbonaat
• Finnish: natrium (fi)
• Greek: διττανθρακικό νάτριο (el) n (dittanthrakikó nátrio), όξινο ανθρακικό νάτριο n (óxino anthrakikó nátrio), σόδα μαγειρικής (el) f (sóda mageirikís)
• Maori: hōura

carbonated water

• Afrikaans: sodawater
• Azerbaijani: qazlı su
• Bulgarian: газирана вода (gazirana voda)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘇打 / 苏打 (zh) (sūdá)

• Czech: sodová voda f, sodovka (cs) f
• Dutch: frisdrank (nl) m
• Finnish: kivennäisvesi (fi), soodavesi (fi)
• French: eau pétillante (fr) f
• German: Sprudel (de) m, saurer Sprudel m, Soda (de) f or n, Sprudelwasser (de) n
• Hebrew: סודה (he) f (sóda)
• Hindi: सोडा पानी m (soḍā pānī), सोडावाटर (hi) m (soḍāvāṭar)
• Hungarian: szóda (hu), szódavíz (hu)
• Ido: sod-aquo (io)
• Italian: soda (it) f, seltz m
• Japanese: ソーダ水 (ja) (sōda-sui)
• Marathi: सोडा m (soḍā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kullsyreholdig mineralvann n, sodavann n, soda n, selters m

  Nynorsk: kolsyrehaldig mineralvatn n, sodavatn n, soda m, selters m

• Persian: سودا (fa) (sodâ)
• Polish: sodówka (pl) f, woda gazowana (pl) f, woda sodowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: soda (pt) f
• Russian: со́довая вода́ (ru) f (sódovaja vodá), газиро́вка (ru) f (gaziróvka)
• Spanish: soda (es) f
• Swahili: soda (sw)
• Swedish: kolsyrat vatten n; sodavatten (sv) n
• Thai: โซดา (th) (so-da)
• Ukrainian: газована вода (hazovana voda)
• Welsh: soda (cy) m
• Yiddish: זעלצערוואַסער n (zeltservaser)

sweet, carbonated drink

• Afrikaans: koeldrank
• Arabic: مَشْرُوب غَازِيّ m (mašrūb ḡāziyy)

  Tunisian Arabic: ڨازوز (gazuz)

• Armenian: սոդա (hy) (soda)
• Azerbaijani: qazlı sok
• Basque: gaseosa (eu)
• Bulgarian: газирано питие (gazirano pitie)
• Burmese: အချိုရည် (a.hkyuirany), ဆိုဒါ (hcuida), ဆော်ဒါ (my) (hcauda)
• Catalan: gasosa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 汽水 (zh) (qìshuǐ)

• Dutch: frisdrank (nl), prik (nl), limonade (nl), priklimonade (nl)
• Esperanto: sodakvo, sodo
• Finnish: limonadi (fi), virvoitusjuoma (fi)
• French: boisson gazeuse f, soda (fr) m, liqueur (fr) f (Canada)
• Galician: gasosa (gl) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Limonade (de) f, Brause (de) f, süßer Sprudel m
• Hebrew: גזוז (he) m (gazóz)
• Hindi: सोडा (hi) m (soḍā)
• Hungarian: üdítő (hu), szénsavas üdítőital
• Icelandic: gos (is) n, gosdrykkur (is) m
• Italian: bibita (it) f, bevanda gassata f
• Japanese: 炭酸飲料 (ja) (たんさんいんりょう, tansan inryō)
• Khmer: សូដា (km) (soudaa)
• Korean: 사이다 (ko) (saida)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Nahuatl: tzopelātl
• Navajo: tó dilchxoshí, tó łichxíʼí
• Nepali: सोडा (soḍā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: brus (no) m

  Nynorsk: brus (nn) m

• Persian: نوشابه (fa) (nušâbe)
• Polish: napój gazowany (pl) m
• Portuguese: refrigerante (pt) m, refri (pt) m, refresco (pt) m, soda (pt) f
• Romanian: băutură răcoritoare f, răcoritoare (ro) f, băutură carbogazoasă f, suc (ro) n
• Russian: газиро́вка (ru) f (gaziróvka)
• Sotho: senomaphodi
• 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 (es) f (Guatemala, colloquial - short for agua gaseosa), (Spain, colloquial) casera (es) f, (Mexico, colloquial) chesco m, (Ecuador, colloquial) cola (es) f, (Venezuela, colloquial - regional and working class usage) fresco (es) m
• Swahili: soda (sw)
• Swedish: läsk (sv), dricka (sv) c, lemonad (sv), läskedryck (sv) c
• Tagalog: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: น้ำอัดลม (th) (náam-àt-lom)
• Tibetan: ཆུ་མངར་མོ (chu mngar mo)
• Tok Pisin: loliwara
• Turkish: gazlı içecek, gazoz (tr)
• Ukrainian: солодка вода (solodka voda)
• Vietnamese: nước ngọt (vi)
• Welsh: diod swigod f
• White Hmong: pev xij
• Yiddish: סאָדע f (sode)

glass of this drink

• Finnish: lasi limonadia, lasi virvoitusjuomaa

Further reading

• “soda”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• AOSD, ados, DAOs, daos, odas, ADOS, dosa, sado-

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsoda]

Noun

soda f

1. soda (sodium bicarbonate; usually baking soda)
2. soda (sodium carbonate; usually washing soda, caustic soda)
3. soda (carbonated water)

Declension

Declension of soda (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	soda	sody
genitive	sody	sod
dative	sodě	sodám
accusative	sodu	sody
vocative	sodo	sody
locative	sodě	sodách
instrumental	sodou	sodami

Further reading

• “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)

Danish

Etymology

From Italian soda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoːda/

Noun

soda c (singular definite sodaen, not used in plural form)

1. soda (sodium carbonate)
2. soda water

   Synonym: sodavand

Declension

Declension of soda

common gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	soda	sodaen
genitive	sodas	sodaens

References

• “soda” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English soda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /so.da/

• Audio (Paris):

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Noun

soda m (plural sodas)

1. soda, soft drink

Derived terms

• cuillère à soda
• soda à pâte
• soda club
• soda mousse
• soda tonique

 

Further reading

• “soda”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• ados, dosa, sado

Italian

Etymology 1

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

• seda

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.da/
• Rhymes: -ɔda
• Hyphenation: sò‧da

Noun

soda f (plural sode)

1. (obsolete) parts of certain plants high in mineral salts the ashes in particular of which were used in glassmaking
2. soda, sodium carbonate

   Synonym: carbonato di sodio

3. soda water

   Synonym: seltz

Etymology 2

Adjective

soda f

1. feminine singular of sodo, meaning solid and firm, synonymous with solida

Verb

soda

1. third-person singular present indicative of sodare

Anagrams

• dosa

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sota.

Noun

soda (genitive sovan, partitive sodua)

1. war

Synonyms

• voina

Derived terms

• ydinsoda

Latvian

Noun

soda f (4th declension)

1. soda
2. natron

Declension

Declension of soda (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	soda	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	sodu	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	sodas	—
dative (datīvs)	sodai	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	sodu	—
locative (lokatīvs)	sodā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	soda	—

Noun

soda m

1. genitive singular of sods

Verb

soda

1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of sodīt
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of sodīt
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of sodīt

Lithuanian

Etymology 1

Belonging to the family of Lithuanian sodinti.

Noun

sodà f (plural sõdos) stress pattern 4

1. (dialectal or rare) village, settlement

   Synonyms: kaimas, sodžius

Declension

Declension of sodà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	sodà	sõdos
genitive (kilmininkas)	sodõs	sodų̃
dative (naudininkas)	sõdai	sodóms
accusative (galininkas)	sõdą	sodàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	sodà	sodomìs
locative (vietininkas)	sodojè	sodosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	sõda	sõdos

References

• “soda”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
• Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “sodà”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 854

Etymology 2

Noun

sodà f (plural sòdos) stress pattern 2

1. (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

Declension of sodà

	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

• “soda”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024

Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) suodā

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sota.

Noun

soda

1. (Salaca) war

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Italian sodo, possibly from Latin solidus (“solid”). The second sense is borrowed from English.

Noun

soda m (definite singular sodaen, indefinite plural sodaar or sodaer, definite plural sodaane or sodaene)

1. sodium carbonate
2. carbonated water, soft drink

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

soda n

1. definite plural of sod

References

• “soda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

soda

Etymology

Internationalism; compare German Soda, Italian soda, Spanish soda, ultimately from Medieval Latin soda, from Arabic سُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʔ). Doublet of sód.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.da/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔda
• Syllabification: so‧da

Noun

soda f

1. (chemistry) soda, sodium carbonate, washing soda

   Synonym: węglan sodu

2. (baking, chemistry) baking soda, soda, sodium bicarbonate

   Synonym: soda oczyszczona

Declension

Declension of soda

	singular	plural
nominative	soda	sody
genitive	sody	sód
dative	sodzie	sodom
accusative	sodę	sody
instrumental	sodą	sodami
locative	sodzie	sodach
vocative	sodo	sody

Derived terms

noun

• soda oczyszczona

 

Related terms

adjectives

• sodowany
• sodowy

 

nouns

• sodowiarka
• sodowiarnia
• sodowiarz
• sodówa
• sodówka
• sód

 

Further reading

• soda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• soda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.dɐ/ [ˈsɔ.ðɐ]

Etymology 1

From Spanish soda. Meanings of a beverage are semantic loan from English soda.

Noun

soda f (plural sodas)

1. (historical) parts of certain plants high in mineral salts the ashes in particular of which were used in glassmaking
2. soda (carbonated water)
3. soda (sweet, carbonated drink)

   Synonyms: refrigerante, refresco

Related terms

• sódio

Etymology 2

Verb

soda

1. inflection of sodar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sǒːda/

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

Further reading

• “soda”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Noun

soda

1. inflection of sod:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative dual

Spanish

Etymology

16th-century borrowing from Italian soda. Doublet of sosa acquired earlier from Catalan. Meanings of a beverage are semantic loan from English soda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoda/ [ˈso.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -oda
• Syllabification: so‧da

Noun

soda f (plural sodas)

1. (historical) parts of certain plants high in mineral salts the ashes in particular of which were used in glassmaking
2. soda (soft drink)

   Synonyms: gaseosa, refresco, (Chile) bebida

3. soda (sodium hydroxide)

   Synonym: sosa

4. (Costa Rica, Panama, rarely in United States) eatery; cheap, casual restaurant

   Synonym: comedor

Derived terms

• sodero

 

Further reading

• “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], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Etymology 1

From English soda.

Noun

soda class IX (plural soda class X)

1. soda (carbonated water)
2. soda (sweet carbonated drink)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic سَوْدَاء (sawdāʔ, “black bile”).

Noun

soda class IX (plural soda class X)

1. melancholy

Swedish

Etymology

From Italian soda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²suːda/

Noun

soda c

1. soda, sodium carbonate

Declension

Declension of soda

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	soda	sodas
	definite	sodan	sodans
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Synonyms

• natriumkarbonat

Related terms

• sodalut
• sodavatten

References

• soda in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• dosa, osad

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English solder.

Noun

soda

1. solder

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sota.

Noun

soda

1. war

Inflection

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