Coke en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /koʊk/ (Canada, General-American)
- (US) audio
- /kəʊk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Aymarader. Quechua kukabor. Aymara kukabor. Spanish cocabor. English coca Niger-Congoder. English cola English Coca-Colaclip. English Coke Clipping of Coca-Cola. See coke (“cola”).
Meanings
- (countable, informal, uncountable) Cola-based soft drink; (in particular) Coca-Cola.
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(countable, informal) A bottle, glass or can of Coca-Cola or a cola-based soft drink.
The waiter came up, and I ordered a Coke for her—she didn't drink—and a Scotch and soda for myself, but the sonuvabitch wouldn't bring me one, so I had a Coke, too.
1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 168:'You have a coke and I'll have a beer and we can talk business.'
1958, Franklin Martin, “The Trouble with Mrs. Benton”, in Venus, volume 1, number 1, Garden of Eve Publications, page 16:
- (Southern-US, US, countable, especially, informal, qualifier:genericized trademark, uncountable) Any soft drink, regardless of type.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cokes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| coke | alternative | lexicographic |
Descendants
Synonyms
the list at soda (soft drink)
Translations (61)
et koola (informal: any cola-flavored drink) · et koka (Coca-Cola) · it cola (informal: any cola-flavored drink) · bg кола (informal: any cola-flavored drink) · de Cola (informal: any cola-flavored drink) · es Coca-Cola (Coca-Cola) · hu kóla (Coca-Cola) · fr coca (informal: any cola-flavored drink) · ja コーラ (informal: any cola-flavored drink) · ko 콜라 (informal: any cola-flavored drink) · yue 可樂 /可乐 (informal: any cola-flavored drink) · pt coca (Coca-Cola) · fr coca (Coca-Cola) · tr kola (informal: any cola-flavored drink) · fi limu (informal: any soft drink) · it Coca (Coca-Cola) · fr Coke (informal: any cola-flavored drink) · da cola (Coca-Cola) · sv coca (Coca-Cola) · nl cola (Coca-Cola) · vi coca (Coca-Cola) · kw kok (Coca-Cola) · uk ко́ла (Coca-Cola) · gd còc (Coca-Cola) · hi कोक (informal: any cola-flavored drink) · de Cola (Coca-Cola) · th โค้ก (Coca-Cola) · fi kokis (Coca-Cola) · hy կոլա (Coca-Cola) · es coke (Coca-Cola) · hy կոլա (informal: any cola-flavored drink) · es bebida de cola (informal: any cola-flavored drink) · sv cola (Coca-Cola) · sv kola (informal: any cola-flavored drink) · pt coca (informal: any cola-flavored drink) · he קולה (informal: any cola-flavored drink) · es refresco de cola (informal: any cola-flavored drink) · es coca (Coca-Cola) · yo kóòkì (informal: any cola-flavored drink) · ar كُولَا (Coca-Cola) · cmn 可樂 /可乐 (Coca-Cola) · no cola (informal: any cola-flavored drink) · pt cola (informal: any cola-flavored drink) · mr कोक (Coca-Cola) · is kók (informal: any cola-flavored drink) · de Coca-Cola (Coca-Cola) · cmn 可樂 /可乐 (informal: any cola-flavored drink) · es cola (informal: any cola-flavored drink) · yo kóòkì (Coca-Cola) · cs kola (Coca-Cola) · hak 可樂 /可乐 (informal: any cola-flavored drink) · sh kola (Coca-Cola) · pt refri (informal: any soft drink) · ru ко́ла (Coca-Cola) · fi kokis (informal: any cola-flavored drink) · et karastusjook (informal: any soft drink) · cy côc (Coca-Cola) · sh кола (Coca-Cola) · da cola (informal: any cola-flavored drink) · nan-hbl 可樂 /可乐 (informal: any cola-flavored drink) · sv cokis (Coca-Cola)