Phrase guide

sodium bicarbonate

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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Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈsoʊdiəm ˌbaɪˈkɑɹbəneɪt/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid, NaHCO3.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: baking soda, bicarbonate of soda, bicarb soda, bicarb, bread soda, cooking soda, mul:E500[acidity regulator]] or raising agent>, sodium bicarb, sodium hydrogen carbonate

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid, NaHCO3.

This salt used in cooking (as a raising agent), as an antacid, as a cleaner, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, especially, uncountable

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: baking soda, bicarbonate of soda, bicarb soda, bicarb, bread soda, cooking soda, mul:E500[acidity regulator]] or raising agent>, sodium bicarb, sodium hydrogen carbonate

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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, baking soda, saleratus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bicarbonate, hydrogen carbonate

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 碳酸氫鈉 /碳酸氢钠 (tànsuānqīngnà) — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Czech: jedlá soda — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Dutch: natriumbicarbonaat — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Esperanto: natria bikarbonato — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Finnish: natriumvetykarbonaatti — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Finnish: natriumbikarbonaatti — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • French: bicarbonate de soude — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • German: Natriumbicarbonat — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • German: Natriumbikarbonat — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • German: Natriumhydrogencarbonat — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • German: Natriumhydrogenkarbonat — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Greek: διττανθρακικό νάτριο (dittanthrakikó nátrio) — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Hungarian: nátrium-hidrogén-karbonát — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Indonesian: natrium bikarbonat — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Irish: décharbónáit sóidiam — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Italian: bicarbonato di sodio — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Japanese: 炭酸水素ナトリウム (tansan suiso natoriumu) — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Japanese: 重炭酸ソーダ (jū tansan sōda) — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Japanese: 重炭酸曹達 (jū tansan sōda) — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Korean: 탄산수소 나트륨 (tansansuso nateuryum) — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Korean: 중탄산 소다 — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Korean: 중탄산조달 (jungtansanjodal) — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Malay: natrium hidrogen karbonat — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Malay: sodium bikarbonat — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Malay: soda penaik — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Māori: konutai pākawa warorua — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Polish: wodorowęglan sodu — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Portuguese: bicarbonato de sódio — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Romanian: bicarbonat de sodiu — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Russian: бикарбона́т на́трия (bikarbonát nátrija) — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Russian: гидрокарбонат натрия (gidrokarbonat natrija) — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Sanskrit: विक्षार-द्व्यङ्गारीय (vikṣāra-dvyaṅgārīya) — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Spanish: bicarbonato de sodio — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Spanish: bicarbonato sódico — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Swedish: natriumvätekarbonat — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Tagalog: sodyum dalkarbonat — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Thai: โซเดียมไบคาร์บอเนต — salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小蘇打 /小苏打 (xiǎosūdá) — used as a raising agent
  • Danish: natron — used as a raising agent
  • Esperanto: baksodo — used as a raising agent
  • Finnish: ruokasooda — used as a raising agent
  • Finnish: leivinjauhe — used as a raising agent
  • French: bicarbonate — used as a raising agent
  • German: Natron — used as a raising agent
  • Hungarian: szódabikarbóna — used as a raising agent
  • Italian: bicarbonato — used as a raising agent
  • Japanese: 重曹 (jūsō) — used as a raising agent
  • Malay: natrium hidrogen karbonat — used as a raising agent
  • Malay: sodium bikarbonat — used as a raising agent
  • Malay: soda penaik — used as a raising agent
  • Norman: bicarbonate — used as a raising agent
  • Persian: جوش شیرین (juš-e širin) — used as a raising agent
  • Polish: soda — used as a raising agent
  • Polish: soda oczyszczona — used as a raising agent
  • Portuguese: bicarbonato de sódio — used as a raising agent
  • Spanish: bicarbonato de sodio — used as a raising agent
  • Spanish: bicarbonato sódico — used as a raising agent
  • Swedish: bikarbonat — used as a raising agent
  • Swedish: bakpulver — used as a raising agent