Dictionary

soft drink en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

So called in contrast to strong alcoholic beverages, which are "hard liquors".

Meanings

1. Any non-alcoholic drink that is carbonated, and usually also sweet.
   • If you'd like a soft drink, we have cola and lemonade.
2. (broadly) Any non-alcoholic drink.
   • "And then they run to him with whisky, and so they teach him to rely on the bottle and you get another case of a drunken medium. I know them. You keep off it, Tom!" "Yes, one of our trade should stick to soft drinks." 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

Forms

Coordinates

hard liquor

Hypernyms

beverage

Hyponyms

coke · juice · tonic water · pop · fizzy juice · soda pop · lemonade · fizzy drink · cola · soda

Relateds

cola · alcoholic beverage [[[Thesaurus:alcoholic beverage|WS]]]

Synonyms

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Translations (104)

ja ソフトドリンク (any non-alcoholic beverage, such as Cola or milk) · ro băutură răcoritoare (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · et karastusjook (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · pt refrigerante (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · vi nước ngọt (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · mi wai reka (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · es bebida (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · nl prik (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · th น้ำอัดลม (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · fi limonaati (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · sh безалкохолно пиће (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · nl limonade (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · cmn 軟性飲料 /软性饮料 (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · mk газо́за (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · it bibita (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · arz أزوزه (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · no brus (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · ja 清涼飲料 (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · fi virvoitusjuoma (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · mn хийжүүлсэн ундаа (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · ko 청량음료 (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · de Brause (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · it bevanda gassata (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · pt soda (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · he מַשְׁקָאוֹת קַלִּים (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · pl napój bezalkoholowy (any non-alcoholic beverage, such as Cola or milk) · es refresco (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · yue 汽水 (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · ta குளிர்பானம் (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · es fresco (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · nci tzopelātl (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · fi alkoholiton juoma (any non-alcoholic beverage, such as Cola or milk) · tpi loliwara (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · ja ソフトドリンク (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · arz بيبس (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · ko 소프트 드링크 (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · pl napój gazowany (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · es cola (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · sv lemonad (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · gl refresco (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · de Limonade (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · es chesco (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · sh bezalkoholno piće (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · fr soda (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · hi सोडा (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · es casera (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · ko 소프트 드링크 (any non-alcoholic beverage, such as Cola or milk) · eo senalkoholaĵo (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · ro răcoritoare (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · el αναψυκτικό (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · ru безалкого́льный напи́ток (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · km ភេសជ្ជ (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · es agua (colloquial - short for agua gaseosa) (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · de Sprudelsaft (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · ja 清涼飲料水 (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · sv brus (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · arz حاجة ساقعة (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · sq pije freskuese (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · nv tó łichxíʼí (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · ms minuman ringan (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · id minuman ringan (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · pon saida (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · nl frisdrank (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · eo refreŝigaĵo (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · nv tó dilchxoshí (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · nl priklimonade (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · fr boisson gazeuse (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · he מַשְׁקֶה קַל (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · id minuman ringan (any non-alcoholic beverage, such as Cola or milk) · ru газиро́ванный напи́ток (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · cmn 不含酒精的飲料 /不含酒精的饮料 (any non-alcoholic beverage, such as Cola or milk) · hu üdítőital (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · sv dricka (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · hi सोडाआ (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · de Sprudel (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · da sodavand (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · arz كازوزه (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · es gaseosa (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · ar مَشْرُوب غَازِيّ (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · fa نوشابه گازدار (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · hu alkoholmentes ital (any non-alcoholic beverage, such as Cola or milk) · de alkoholfreies Getränk (any non-alcoholic beverage, such as Cola or milk) · nan-hbl 汽水 (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · trc na tzi̱ꞌ (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · dz མངར་ཆུ (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · sv läskedryck (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · mk гази́ран пи́јалак (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · de Erfrischungsgetränk (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · io sodajo (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · da læskedrik (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · is gosdrykkur (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · vi nước ngọt có ga (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · es bebida de fantasia (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · dz བསིལ་འཐུང (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · sv läsk (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · fo sodavatn (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · vi đồ uống không cồn (any non-alcoholic beverage, such as Cola or milk) · es soda (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · fi limonadi (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · pt refresco (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · gd deoch-lag (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · hu üdítő (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · cmn 軟飲料 /软饮料 (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) · cmn 汽水 (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage)

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