soda

Sodium bicarbonate (sense 1).

A glass of soda (carbonated beverage, sense 4).

sense 5

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

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

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊdə/

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• Rhymes: -əʊdə

soda (countable and uncountable, plural sodas)

2. (uncountable) Sodium bicarbonate.

   Synonym: baking soda

3. (uncountable) Sodium carbonate.

   Synonym: washing soda

4. (uncountable) Sodium in chemical combination.
6. (uncountable) Carbonated water (water impregnated with pressurised carbon dioxide, originally made with sodium bicarbonate).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.’

8. (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, →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.

9. (chiefly US, countable) A glass, bottle or can of this drink.
10. (card games) The first card in the dealing box in the game of faro, which is discarded to leave 51 cards in play.

Preferences for using “coke” generically, “pop”, “soda”, etc. for the class of carbonated beverages has a strong regional component in the United States. See extended notes at soda pop.

• (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)

• → Unami: suti

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

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

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

soda

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soda f

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

• “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

From Italian soda.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoːda/

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

1. soda (sodium carbonate)
2. soda water

   Synonym: sodavand

• “soda” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from English soda.

• IPA^(key): /so.da/

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soda m (plural sodas)

1. soda, soft drink

• “soda”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

• ados, dosa, sado

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.

• seda

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

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

soda f

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

soda

1. third-person singular present indicative of sodare

• dosa

From Proto-Finnic *sota.

soda (genitive sovan, partitive sodua)

1. war

• voina

• ydinsoda

soda f (4th declension)

1. soda
2. natron

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soda m

1. genitive singular of sods

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

Belonging to the family of Lithuanian sodinti.

sodà f (plural sõdos) stress pattern 4

1. (dialectal or rare) village, settlement

   Synonyms: kaimas, sodžius

• “soda”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas , 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

 soda on Lithuanian Wikipedia

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, soda, sodium bicarbonate

• “soda”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas , lkz.lt, 1941–2025

• (Courland) suodā

From Proto-Finnic *sota.

soda

1. (Salaca) war

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

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

1. sodium carbonate
2. carbonated water, soft drink

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

soda n

1. definite plural of sod

• “soda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

soda

Wikipedia ^pl

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.da/

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• Rhymes: -ɔda
• Syllabification: so‧da

soda f

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

   Synonym: węglan sodu

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

   Synonym: soda oczyszczona

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

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

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

• sódio

soda

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

• IPA^(key): /sǒːda/

sóda f (Cyrillic spelling со́да)

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

• “soda”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

soda

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoda/

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• Rhymes: -oda
• Syllabification: so‧da

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

• “soda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 10 December 2024

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From English soda.

soda class IX (plural soda class X)

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

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

soda class IX (plural soda class X)

1. melancholy

From Italian soda.

• IPA^(key): /²suːda/

soda c

1. soda, sodium carbonate

• natriumkarbonat

• sodalut
• sodavatten

• soda in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• dosa, osad

From English solder.

soda

1. solder

From Proto-Finnic *sota.

soda

1. war