soda

The word “soda” means a sweet carbonated soft drink. In plain terms, a fizzy soft drink, or a chemical compound like baking soda.

“Soda” is pronounced SOH-duh (/ˈsoʊdə/ in IPA).

Here is “soda” used in a sentence: “He grabbed a cold soda from the fridge.”

“Soda” is a noun.

The word “soda” comes from Italian. Traces back through Arabic and Italian soda, originally referring to a plant used to produce sodium carbonate.

“Soda” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the A2 level.

“Soda” has 3 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: a sweet carbonated soft drink.

Both words mean a sweet carbonated soft drink; the difference is regional. In North America, soda is the usual term in some regions and pop in others, and the combined form soda pop is understood everywhere.

No. Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate, a white powder used in cooking and cleaning, and this chemical sense is one meaning of soda. The drink sense — a sweet carbonated beverage — is a separate meaning of the same word.

All three are carbonated water. Club soda typically has small amounts of minerals added for taste, seltzer is usually plain carbonated water, and soda water is a general term often used interchangeably with club soda, especially in bars and mixed drinks.

Both, depending on meaning. As a substance it is uncountable — "There's soda in the fridge" — but individual servings are countable: "She ordered two sodas." The chemical sense, sodium bicarbonate or carbonate, is uncountable.