soda

Etymology

From Italian soda, which may be from Arabic سُوَّاد‎ (suwwād, “saltwort”) or Arabic سُوَيْدَاء‎ (suwaydāʾ, “Suaeda”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊdə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊdə/
• Rhymes: -əʊdə

Noun

soda (countable and uncountable, plural sodas)

1. (uncountable) Sodium bicarbonate (usually baking soda).
2. (uncountable) Sodium carbonate (usually washing soda).
3. (uncountable) Sodium in chemical combination.
4. (uncountable) Carbonated water (water impregnated with pressurised carbon dioxide, originally made with sodium bicarbonate).
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess‎:

     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.’

5. (chiefly US, regional, especially in the northeast, uncountable) Any carbonated (usually sweet) soft drink.
6. (chiefly US, regional, especially in the northeast, countable) A glass, bottle or can of this drink.
7. (card games) The first card in the dealing box in the game of faro, which is discarded to leave 51 cards in play.

References

Anagrams

• AOSD, ados, daos, dosa, odas

Etymology

Borrowed from English soda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /so.da/

• Audio (Paris)

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Noun

soda m (plural sodas)

1. soda (any carbonated drink)

Further reading

• “soda” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• ados, dosa, sado

Etymology

From Latin soda, from Latin sodanum, Arabic صُدَاع‎ (ṣudāʿ, literally “splitting headache”) from Arabic صَدَعَ‎ (ṣadaʿa, “to split”)

Noun

soda f (plural sode)

1. soda, sodium carbonate
2. soda water

Anagrams

• dosa

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sota.

Noun

soda (genitive sovan, partitive sodua)

1. war

Noun

soda f (4th declension)

1. soda
2. natron

Noun

soda m

1. genitive singular form of sods

Verb

soda

1. 3rd person singular present indicative form of sodīt
2. 3rd person plural present indicative form of sodīt
3. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of sodīt
4. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of sodīt

Alternative forms

• (Courland) suodā

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sota.

Noun

soda

1. (Salaca) war

Noun

soda f (plural sodas)

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

Verb

soda

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of sodar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of sodar

Noun

sóda f (Cyrillic spelling со́да)

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

Noun

soda f (plural sodas)

1. soda (soft drink)
2. soda (sodium hydroxide)
3. (Costa Rica, Panama, rarely in United States) cheap, casual restaurant

Etymology 1

From English soda.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic سوداء‎ (“black bile”) or from Persian.

Noun

soda c

1. soda, sodium carbonate

Etymology

From English solder.

Noun

soda

1. solder

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sota.

Noun

soda

1. war