soft drink

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soft drink

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

noun soft drinks · softdrink

  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."

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noun sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage

Españolgaseosa, bebida, refresco, soda, agua (colloquial - short for agua gaseosa), casera
한국어청량음료 cheongnyang'eumnyo, 소프트 드링크 sopeuteu deuringkeu
日本語清涼飲料 seiryōinryō, 清涼飲料水 seiryōinryōsui, ソフトドリンク sofutodorinku
中文軟性飲料 /软性饮料 ruǎnxìng yǐnliào, 軟飲料 /软饮料 ruǎnyǐnliào, 汽水 qìshuǐ
हिन्दीसोडा soḍā, सोडाआ soḍāā
Portuguêsrefrigerante, refresco, soda
Françaisboisson gazeuse, soda
DeutschErfrischungsgetränk, Limonade, Brause, Sprudel, Sprudelsaft
Italianobibita, bevanda gassata
Ελληνικάαναψυκτικό anapsyktikó
Românăbăutură răcoritoare, răcoritoare
Русскийбезалкого́льный напи́ток bezalkogólʹnyj napítok, газиро́ванный напи́ток gaziróvannyj napítok
Tiếng Việtnước ngọt có ga, nước ngọt
العربيةمَشْرُوب غَازِيّ mašrūb ḡāziyy
עבריתמַשְׁקֶה קַל mashké kal, מַשְׁקָאוֹת קַלִּים mashkaót kalím

noun any non-alcoholic beverage, such as Cola or milk

한국어소프트 드링크 sopeuteu deuringkeu
日本語ソフトドリンク sofuto dorinku
中文不含酒精的飲料 /不含酒精的饮料 bù hán jiǔjīng de yǐnliào
Deutschalkoholfreies Getränk
Tiếng Việtđồ uống không cồn

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@misc{soft_drink_2026,
  title = {soft drink},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/soft%20drink},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}