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Webster 1913 Edition


Soda

So′da

,
Noun.
[It., soda, in OIt., ashes used in making glass, fr. L.
solida
, fem. of
solidus
solid;
solida
having probably been a name of glasswort. See
Solid
.]
1.
(Chem.)
(a)
Sodium oxide or hydroxide.
(b)
Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. Sodium bicarbonate is also called
baking soda
Caustic soda
,
sodium hydroxide.
Cooking soda
,
sodium bicarbonate.
[Colloq.]
Sal soda
.
See
Sodium carbonate
, under
Sodium
.
Soda alum
(Min.)
,
a mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of alumina and soda.
Soda ash
,
crude sodium carbonate; – so called because formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain other plants, as saltwort (
Salsola
). See under
Sodium
.
Soda fountain
,
an apparatus for drawing soda water, fitted with delivery tube, faucets, etc.
Soda lye
,
a lye consisting essentially of a solution of sodium hydroxide, used in soap making.
Soda niter
.
See
Nitratine
.
Soda salts
,
salts having sodium for the base; specifically, sodium sulphate or Glauber’s salts.
Soda waste
,
the waste material, consisting chiefly of calcium hydroxide and sulphide, which accumulates as a useless residue or side product in the ordinary Leblanc process of soda manufacture; – called also
alkali waste
.
Washing soda
,
sodium carbonate.
[Colloq.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Soda

SO'DA

,
Noun.
Mineral fixed alkali; natron; so called because it forms the basis of marine salt. It is found native in Egypt; but it is generally obtained form the salsola kali. Soda is an oxyd, or the protoxyd of sodiem, a metal.

Definition 2024


Soda

Soda

See also: soda, sodá, sõda, sodā, sōda, and söda

German

Noun

Soda n (genitive Sodas, plural Soda)

  1. soda
  2. soda water

soda

soda

See also: Soda, sodá, sõda, sodā, sōda, and söda

English

A glass of soda (carbonated beverage).
Sodium bicarbonate.

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 (uncountable) Carbonated water (water impregnated with pressurised carbon dioxide, originally made with sodium bicarbonate).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, chiefly in the northeast, uncountable) Any carbonated (usually sweet) soft drink.
  6. (chiefly US, regional, chiefly 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.

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French

Etymology

Borrowing from English soda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /so.da/

Noun

soda m (plural sodas)

  1. soda (any carbonated drink)

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Italian

Etymology

From Arabic [Term?].

Noun

soda f (plural sode)

  1. soda, sodium carbonate
  2. soda water

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Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sota.

Noun

soda (genitive sovan, partitive sodua)

  1. war

Synonyms

  • voinu

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Latvian

Noun

soda f (4th declension)

  1. soda
  2. natron

Declension

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

Portuguese

Noun

soda f (plural sodas)

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

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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

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sóda f (Cyrillic spelling со́да)

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

Declension


Spanish

Noun

soda f (plural sodas)

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

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Swahili

Etymology 1

From English soda.

Noun

soda (n class, plural soda)

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

Etymology 2

Noun

soda (n class, plural soda)

  1. melancholy

Swedish

Noun

soda c

  1. soda, sodium carbonate

Declension

Related terms

  • sodalut
  • sodavatten

Synonyms

  • natriumkarbonat

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sota.

Noun

soda

  1. war

Inflection

Inflection of soda
nominative sing. soda
genitive sing. sodan
partitive sing. sodad
partitive plur. sodoid
singular plural
nominative soda sodad
accusative sodan sodad
genitive sodan sodoiden
partitive sodad sodoid
essive-instructive sodan sodoin
translative sodaks sodoikš
inessive sodas sodoiš
elative sodaspäi sodoišpäi
illative ? sodoihe
adessive sodal sodoil
ablative sodalpäi sodoilpäi
allative sodale sodoile
abessive sodata sodoita
comitative sodanke sodoidenke
prolative sodadme sodoidme
approximative I sodanno sodoidenno
approximative II sodannoks sodoidennoks
egressive sodannopäi sodoidennopäi
terminative I ? sodoihesai
terminative II sodalesai sodoilesai
terminative III sodassai
additive I ? sodoihepäi
additive II sodalepäi sodoilepäi