Phrase guide

soda water

noun · 3 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.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Synonym of carbonated water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonym: club soda
  • "Scotch and soda" is a mixture of Scotch whisky and soda water.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: club soda, carbonated water

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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, soda pop, tonic

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: soft drink

3

noun

Meaning 3

effervescent beverage artificially charged with carbon dioxide

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: carbonated water, club soda, seltzer, sparkling water

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: drinking water

History

Etymology

From sodium bicarbonate, originally a constituent of soda water.

Across languages

Translations

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَاء الصُّودَا (māʔ aṣ-ṣōdā) — water with carbon dioxide
  • Betawi: aèr belanda — water with carbon dioxide
  • Bulgarian: газирана вода (gazirana voda) — water with carbon dioxide
  • Burmese: ဆိုဒါရေ (hcuidare) — water with carbon dioxide
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蘇打水 /苏打水 (sūdá shuǐ) — water with carbon dioxide
  • Chinese Mandarin: 汽水 (qìshuǐ) — water with carbon dioxide
  • Chinese Mandarin: 碳酸水 (tànsuānshuǐ) — water with carbon dioxide
  • Czech: sodová voda — water with carbon dioxide
  • Czech: sodovka — water with carbon dioxide
  • Czech: perlivá voda — water with carbon dioxide
  • Danish: danskvand — water with carbon dioxide
  • Danish: mineralvand — water with carbon dioxide
  • Dutch: bruiswater — water with carbon dioxide
  • Dutch: spuitwater — water with carbon dioxide
  • Finnish: vichyvesi — water with carbon dioxide
  • Finnish: kuplavesi — water with carbon dioxide
  • Finnish: kivennäisvesi — water with carbon dioxide
  • Finnish: vissy — water with carbon dioxide
  • French: eau soude — water with carbon dioxide
  • French: eau gazeuse — water with carbon dioxide
  • French: eau pétillante — water with carbon dioxide
  • German: Sodawasser — water with carbon dioxide
  • German: Sprudelwasser — water with carbon dioxide
  • German: Sprudel — water with carbon dioxide
  • Greek: σόδα (sóda) — water with carbon dioxide
  • Hindi: सोडा (soḍā) — water with carbon dioxide
  • Hindi: सोडावाटर (soḍāvāṭar) — water with carbon dioxide
  • Hungarian: szódavíz — water with carbon dioxide
  • Hungarian: szóda — water with carbon dioxide
  • Ido: sod-aquo — water with carbon dioxide
  • Indonesian: air soda — water with carbon dioxide
  • Indonesian: air belanda — water with carbon dioxide
  • Italian: acqua gassata — water with carbon dioxide
  • Italian: acqua frizzante — water with carbon dioxide
  • Italian: soda — water with carbon dioxide
  • Japanese: 炭酸水 (tansansui) — water with carbon dioxide
  • Japanese: ソーダ水 (sōdasui) — water with carbon dioxide
  • Japanese: ソーダ (sōda) — water with carbon dioxide
  • Kazakh: газдалған су (gazdalğan su) — water with carbon dioxide
  • Korean: 탄산수 (tansansu) — water with carbon dioxide
  • Korean: 소다수 (sodasu) — water with carbon dioxide
  • Korean: 소다 (soda) — water with carbon dioxide
  • Latin: aqua gāsio medicata — water with carbon dioxide
  • Polish: sodówka — water with carbon dioxide
  • Polish: woda gazowana — water with carbon dioxide
  • Polish: woda sodowa — water with carbon dioxide
  • Portuguese: água gaseificada — water with carbon dioxide
  • Russian: со́довая вода́ (sódovaja vodá) — water with carbon dioxide
  • Russian: со́довая (sódovaja) — water with carbon dioxide
  • Russian: газиро́ванная вода́ (gaziróvannaja vodá) — water with carbon dioxide
  • Russian: газиро́вка (gaziróvka) — water with carbon dioxide
  • Spanish: soda — water with carbon dioxide
  • Spanish: agua de Seltz — water with carbon dioxide
  • Swedish: sodavatten — water with carbon dioxide
  • Swedish: bubbelvatten — water with carbon dioxide
  • Swedish: kolsyrat vatten — water with carbon dioxide
  • Thai: โซดา (soo-daa) — water with carbon dioxide
  • Thai: น้ําโซดา — water with carbon dioxide
  • Turkish: soda — water with carbon dioxide
  • Turkish: sodalı su — water with carbon dioxide
  • Vietnamese: nước có ga — water with carbon dioxide