Phrase guide

baking soda

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Sodium bicarbonate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Holonyms: baking powder, soda bread

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sodium bicarbonate, sodium hydrogen carbonate, sodium bicarb, bread soda, cooking soda, bicarb soda, bicarbonate of soda, bicarb

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: soda[Appendix:Glossary

2

noun

Meaning 2

a white soluble compound (NaHCO3) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bicarbonate of soda, sodium hydrogen carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, saleratus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bicarbonate, hydrogen carbonate

History

Etymology

From its use in baking.

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صُودَا الْخَبْز (ṣūdā l-ḵabz) — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Armenian: սննդի սոդա — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Bulgarian: бакпулвер (bakpulver) — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Chinese Cantonese: 梳打粉 — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蘇打粉 /苏打粉 (sūdáfěn) — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Czech: jedlá soda — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Danish: natron — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Esperanto: natria bikarbonato — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Esperanto: baksodo — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Finnish: ruokasooda — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • French: bicarbonate de soude — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • German: Natron — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • German: Backnatron — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Greek: μαγειρική σόδα (mageirikí sóda) — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Hungarian: szódabikarbóna — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Icelandic: matarsódi — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Italian: bicarbonato — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Italian: bicarbonato di sodio — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Japanese: 重曹 (jūsō) — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Khmer: សូដាដុតនំ (soudaadotnum) — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Korean: 중조 (jungjo) — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Latvian: dzeramā soda — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Malay: soda penaik — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Polish: soda — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Polish: soda oczyszczona — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Portuguese: bicarbonato de sódio — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Russian: пищева́я со́да (piščevája sóda) — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Spanish: bicarbonato — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Spanish: bicarbonato de sodio — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Spanish: bicarbonato sódico — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Swedish: natriumvätekarbonat — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Tagalog: bikarbonato-de-sosa — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Tamil: சமையல் சோடா (camaiyal cōṭā) — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Tamil: சோடா உப்பு (cōṭā uppu) — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Taos: sùdoʼóne — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Thai: โซดาทําขนม — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Thai: ผงฟู (pǒng-fuu) — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Tibetan: བུལ་ཏོག (bul tog) — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Turkish: karbonat — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Turkish: yemek sodası — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Unami: suti — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Vietnamese: muối nở — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Yiddish: באַקסאָדע (baksode) — common name for sodium bicarbonate
  • Yiddish: סאָדע (sode) — common name for sodium bicarbonate