soda

See also: Soda, sodá, sõda, sodā, sōda, and söda

English

A glass of soda (carbonated beverage).

Sodium bicarbonate.

Etymology

From Italian soda.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊdə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊdə/
Rhymes: -əʊdə

Noun

soda (countable and uncountable, plural sodas)

(uncountable) Sodium bicarbonate (usually baking soda).
(uncountable) Sodium carbonate (usually 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(uncountable) Carbonated water (water impregnated with pressurised carbon dioxide, originally made with sodium bicarbonate).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 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 (regional, especially in the northeast), uncountable) Any carbonated (usually sweet) soft drink.
(chiefly US (regional, especially in the northeast), 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.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

baking soda
bicarbonate of soda
caustic soda
club soda
cream soda
hydrosulfite of soda, hydrosulphite of soda
ice-cream soda
muriate 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 Springs
soda waste
soda water
sodium
sulfate of soda, sulphate of soda
sulfite of soda, sulphite of soda
washing soda

Translations

sodium carbonate

Arabic: صُودَا‎ f (ṣōdā), كَرْبُونَات اَلصُّودْيُوم‎ m (karbunāt aṣ-ṣodyum)
Armenian: սոդա (hy) (soda)
Belarusian: со́да f (sóda)
Bulgarian: со́да f (sóda)
Burmese: ဆိုဒါ (hcuida), ဆော်ဒါ (my) (hcauda)
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
Greek: ανθρακικό νάτριο (el) n (anthrakikó nátrio), σόδα πλύσης (el) f (sóda plýsis)
Hungarian: szóda (hu), nátrium-karbonát
Ido: sodo (io)
Italian: soda (it) f, carbonato di sodio (it) m
Japanese: ソーダ (sōda), 炭酸ナトリウム (たんさんナトリウム, tansan natoriumu)
Korean: 소다 (soda), 탄산 나트륨 (tansan nateuryum)
Latin: nitrum (la) n
Persian: سود‎ (fa) (sud)
Portuguese: soda cáustica f
Russian: со́да (ru) f (sóda), карбона́т на́трия m (karbonát nátrija)
Spanish: sosa (es) f, soda (es) f
Tagalog: sosa
Thai: โซดา (th) (soo-daa)
Ukrainian: со́да f (sóda)
Yiddish: סאָדע‎ f (sode)

sodium in chemical combination

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
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, 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 (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: woda sodowa (pl)
Portuguese: soda (pt) f
Russian: со́довая вода́ (ru) f (sódovaja vodá), газиро́вка (ru) f (gaziróvka)
Spanish: soda (es) f
Swahili: soda (sw)
Swedish: läsk (sv) c, brus (sv) c, 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)
Basque: please add this translation if you can
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 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 m
Italian: bibita (it) f, bevanda gassata f
Japanese: 炭酸飲料 (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: please add this translation if you can
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)
Welsh: diod swigod f
White Hmong: pev xij
Yiddish: סאָדע‎ f (sode)

glass of this drink

Finnish: lasi limonadia, lasi virvoitusjuomaa

Anagrams

AOSD, DAOs, ados, daos, dosa, odas

Danish

Etymology

From Italian soda.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsoːda/

Noun

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

soda (sodium carbonate)
soda water
Synonym: sodavand

Declension

Declension of soda

common gender	Singular
common gender	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) (file)
Audio (file)

Noun

soda m (plural sodas)

soda, soft drink

Derived terms

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

Anagrams

ados, dosa, sado

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic سُوَيْدَاء‎ (suwaydāʾ, “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)

(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

Adjective

soda f

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

Verb

soda

third-person singular present indicative of sodare

Anagrams

dosa

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sota.

Noun

soda (genitive sovan, partitive sodua)

war

Synonyms

voina

Derived terms

ydinsoda

Latvian

Noun

soda f (4th declension)

soda
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

genitive singular form of sods

Verb

soda

3rd person singular present indicative form of sodīt
3rd person plural present indicative form of sodīt
(with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of sodīt
(with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of sodīt

Lithuanian

Etymology 1

Belonging to the family of Lithuanian sodinti.

Noun

sodà f (plural sõdos) stress pattern 4

(dialectal or rare) village, settlement
Synonyms: kaimas, sodžius

Declension

declension of soda

	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, 1941–2023
Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965), “sodà”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 854

Noun

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

declension of soda

	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, 1941–2023

Livonian

Alternative forms

(Courland) suodā

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sota.

Noun

soda

(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)

sodium carbonate
carbonated water, soft drink

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

soda n

definite plural of sod

References

“soda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin soda.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.da/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɔda
Syllabification: so‧da

Noun

soda f

(chemistry) soda (sodium carbonate)
Synonym: węglan sodu

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(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)

(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

sódio

Verb

soda

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

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sóda f (Cyrillic spelling со́да)

soda (sodium carbonate)
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

Slovene

Noun

soda

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)

(historical) parts of certain plants high in mineral salts the ashes in particular of which were used in glassmaking
soda (soft drink)
Synonyms: gaseosa, refresco, (Chile) bebida
soda (sodium hydroxide)
Synonym: sosa
(Costa Rica, Panama, rarely in United States) cheap, casual restaurant

Derived terms

sodero

Swahili

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Etymology 1

From English soda.

Noun

soda (n class, plural soda)

soda (carbonated water)
soda (sweet carbonated drink)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

soda (n class, plural soda)

melancholy

Swedish

Etymology

From Italian soda.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²suːda/

Noun

soda c

soda, sodium carbonate

Declension

Declension of soda
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	soda	sodan	—	—
Genitive	sodas	sodans	—	—

Synonyms

natriumkarbonat

Related terms

sodalut
sodavatten

References

soda in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

dosa, osad

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English solder.

Noun

soda

solder

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sota.

Noun

soda

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 sodha	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 sodhasai	sodoihesai
terminative II	sodalesai	sodoilesai
terminative III	sodassai	—

additive I	sodahapäi sodhapäi	sodoihepäi
additive II	sodalepäi	sodoilepäi

soda

English

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Danish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

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French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Further reading

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Italian

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

Adjective

Verb

Anagrams

Karelian

Etymology

Noun

Synonyms

Derived terms

Latvian

Noun

Declension

Noun

Verb

Lithuanian

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

References

Noun

Declension

References

Livonian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

References

Polish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Related terms

Verb

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

Declension

Slovene

Noun

Spanish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun