Standard Lemma guide

soda

name · noun · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊdə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈsoʊdə/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əʊdə
  • CMU ARPABET: S OW1 D AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname from Japanese.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Sodium bicarbonate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: baking soda

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Sodium carbonate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: washing soda

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Sodium in chemical combination.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Carbonated water (water impregnated with pressurised carbon dioxide, originally made with sodium bicarbonate).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Any carbonated (usually sweet) soft drink.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Philippines, US, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A glass, bottle or can of this drink.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

The first card in the dealing box in the game of faro, which is discarded to leave 51 cards in play.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: card-games, games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • in New England they call sodas tonics

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pop, soda pop, soda water, tonic

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: soft drink

10

noun

Meaning 10

a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sodium carbonate, washing soda, sal soda, soda ash

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: salt

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 宗田 (sōda).

Etymology tree Arabic سُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʔ)bor. Italian sodabor. English soda From Italian soda. Sense 4 is an ellipsis of soda water.

Across languages

Translations

184 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: natriumkarbonaat — sodium carbonate
  • Afrikaans: wassoda — sodium carbonate
  • Arabic: صُودَا (ṣōdā) — sodium carbonate
  • Arabic: كَرْبُونَات اَلصُّودْيُوم (karbunāt aṣ-ṣodyum) — sodium carbonate
  • Armenian: սոդա (soda) — sodium carbonate
  • Azerbaijani: صوده (sōda) — sodium carbonate
  • Azerbaijani: soda — sodium carbonate
  • Belarusian: со́да (sóda) — sodium carbonate
  • Bulgarian: со́да (sóda) — sodium carbonate
  • Burmese: ဆိုဒါ (hcuida) — sodium carbonate
  • Burmese: ဆော်ဒါ (hcauda) — sodium carbonate
  • Catalan: soda — sodium carbonate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蘇打 /苏打 (sūdá) — sodium carbonate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 碳酸鈉 /碳酸钠 (tànsuānnà) — sodium carbonate
  • Dutch: natriumcarbonaat — sodium carbonate
  • Finnish: sooda — sodium carbonate
  • Finnish: natriumkarbonaatti — sodium carbonate
  • French: carbonate de soude — sodium carbonate
  • French: soude — sodium carbonate
  • Georgian: სოდა (soda) — sodium carbonate
  • German: Soda — sodium carbonate
  • Greek: ανθρακικό νάτριο (anthrakikó nátrio) — sodium carbonate
  • Greek: σόδα πλύσης (sóda plýsis) — sodium carbonate
  • Hungarian: szóda — sodium carbonate
  • Hungarian: nátrium-karbonát — sodium carbonate
  • Ido: sodo — sodium carbonate
  • Italian: soda — sodium carbonate
  • Italian: carbonato di sodio — sodium carbonate
  • Japanese: ソーダ (sōda) — sodium carbonate
  • Japanese: 炭酸ナトリウム (tansan natoriumu) — sodium carbonate
  • Kashubian: zóda — sodium carbonate
  • Korean: 소다 (soda) — sodium carbonate
  • Korean: 탄산 나트륨 (tansan nateuryum) — sodium carbonate
  • Latin: nitrum — sodium carbonate
  • Persian: سود (sud) — sodium carbonate
  • Polish: soda — sodium carbonate
  • Polish: węglan sodu — sodium carbonate
  • Portuguese: soda cáustica — sodium carbonate
  • Russian: со́да (sóda) — sodium carbonate
  • Russian: карбона́т на́трия (karbonát nátrija) — sodium carbonate
  • Spanish: sosa — sodium carbonate
  • Spanish: soda — sodium carbonate
  • Swahili: magadi — sodium carbonate
  • Tagalog: sosa — sodium carbonate
  • Thai: โซดา (soo-daa) — sodium carbonate
  • Ukrainian: со́да (sóda) — sodium carbonate
  • Yiddish: סאָדע (sode) — sodium carbonate
  • Afrikaans: natriumkarbonaat — sodium in chemical combination
  • Finnish: natrium — sodium in chemical combination
  • Greek: διττανθρακικό νάτριο (dittanthrakikó nátrio) — sodium in chemical combination
  • Greek: όξινο ανθρακικό νάτριο (óxino anthrakikó nátrio) — sodium in chemical combination
  • Greek: σόδα μαγειρικής (sóda mageirikís) — sodium in chemical combination
  • Māori: hōura — sodium in chemical combination
  • Afrikaans: sodawater — carbonated water
  • Azerbaijani: qazlı su — carbonated water
  • Bulgarian: газирана вода (gazirana voda) — carbonated water
  • Catalan: soda — carbonated water
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蘇打 /苏打 (sūdá) — carbonated water
  • Czech: sodová voda — carbonated water
  • Czech: sodovka — carbonated water
  • Dutch: frisdrank — carbonated water
  • Finnish: kivennäisvesi — carbonated water
  • Finnish: soodavesi — carbonated water
  • French: eau pétillante — carbonated water
  • German: Sprudel — carbonated water
  • German: saurer Sprudel — carbonated water
  • German: Soda — carbonated water
  • German: Sprudelwasser — carbonated water
  • Hebrew: סודה (sóda) — carbonated water
  • Hindi: सोडा पानी (soḍā pānī) — carbonated water
  • Hindi: सोडावाटर (soḍāvāṭar) — carbonated water
  • Hungarian: szóda — carbonated water
  • Hungarian: szódavíz — carbonated water
  • Ido: sod-aquo — carbonated water
  • Italian: soda — carbonated water
  • Italian: seltz — carbonated water
  • Japanese: ソーダ水 (sōda-sui) — carbonated water
  • Korean: 소다수 (sodasu) — carbonated water
  • Marathi: सोडा (soḍā) — carbonated water
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kullsyreholdig mineralvann — carbonated water
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sodavann — carbonated water
  • Norwegian Bokmål: soda — carbonated water
  • Norwegian Bokmål: selters — carbonated water
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kolsyrehaldig mineralvatn — carbonated water
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sodavatn — carbonated water
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: soda — carbonated water
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: selters — carbonated water
  • Persian: سودا (sodâ) — carbonated water
  • Polish: sodówka — carbonated water
  • Polish: woda gazowana — carbonated water
  • Polish: woda sodowa — carbonated water
  • Portuguese: soda — carbonated water
  • Romanian: sifon — carbonated water
  • Russian: со́довая вода́ (sódovaja vodá) — carbonated water
  • Russian: газиро́вка (gaziróvka) — carbonated water
  • Spanish: soda — carbonated water
  • Swahili: soda — carbonated water
  • Swedish: kolsyrat vatten — carbonated water
  • Swedish: sodavatten — carbonated water
  • Thai: โซดา (so-da) — carbonated water
  • Ukrainian: газована вода (hazovana voda) — carbonated water
  • Welsh: soda — carbonated water
  • Yiddish: זעלצערוואַסער (zeltservaser) — carbonated water
  • Afrikaans: koeldrank — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Arabic: مَشْرُوب غَازِيّ (mašrūb ḡāziyy) — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Tunisian Arabic: ڨازوز (gazuz) — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Armenian: սոդա (soda) — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Azerbaijani: qazlı sok — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Basque: gaseosa — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Bulgarian: газирано питие (gazirano pitie) — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Burmese: အချိုရည် (a.hkyuirany) — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Burmese: ဆိုဒါ (hcuida) — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Burmese: ဆော်ဒါ (hcauda) — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Catalan: gasosa — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Chinese Mandarin: 汽水 (qìshuǐ) — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Dutch: frisdrank — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Dutch: prik — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Dutch: limonade — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Dutch: priklimonade — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Esperanto: sodo — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Finnish: limonadi — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Finnish: virvoitusjuoma — sweet, carbonated drink
  • French: boisson gazeuse — sweet, carbonated drink
  • French: soda — sweet, carbonated drink
  • French: liqueur — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Galician: gasosa — sweet, carbonated drink
  • German: Limonade — sweet, carbonated drink
  • German: Brause — sweet, carbonated drink
  • German: süßer Sprudel — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Hebrew: גזוז (gazóz) — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Hindi: सोडा (soḍā) — sweet, carbonated drink
  • White Hmong: pev xij — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Hungarian: üdítő — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Hungarian: szénsavas üdítőital — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Icelandic: gos — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Icelandic: gosdrykkur — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Italian: bibita — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Italian: bevanda gassata — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Japanese: 炭酸飲料 (tansan inryō) — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Khmer: សូដា (soudaa) — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Korean: 탄산음료 (tansaneumnyo) — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Nahuatl: tzopelātl — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Navajo: tó dilchxoshí — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Navajo: tó łichxíʼí — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Nepali: सोडा (soḍā) — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Norwegian Bokmål: brus — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: brus — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Persian: نوشابه (nušâbe) — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Polish: napój gazowany — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Portuguese: refrigerante — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Portuguese: refri — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Portuguese: refresco — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Portuguese: soda — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Romanian: băutură răcoritoare — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Romanian: răcoritoare — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Romanian: băutură carbogazoasă — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Romanian: suc — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Russian: газиро́вка (gaziróvka) — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Sotho: senomaphodi — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Spanish: gaseosa — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Spanish: bebida — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Spanish: soda — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Spanish: refresco — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Spanish: soda — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Spanish: casera — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Spanish: chesco — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Spanish: cola — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Spanish: fresco — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Swahili: soda — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Swedish: läsk — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Swedish: dricka — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Swedish: lemonad — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Swedish: läskedryck — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Thai: น้ําอัดลม (náam-àt-lom) — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Tibetan: ཆུ་མངར་མོ (chu mngar mo) — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Tok Pisin: loliwara — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Turkish: gazlı içecek — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Turkish: gazoz — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Ukrainian: солодка вода (solodka voda) — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Vietnamese: nước ngọt — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Welsh: diod swigod — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Yiddish: סאָדע (sode) — sweet, carbonated drink
  • Finnish: lasi limonadia — glass of this drink
  • Finnish: lasi virvoitusjuomaa — glass of this drink