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sparkling water

sparkling water

9 1.0
Water with small bubbles that make it fizzy
  • noun
  • /ˈspɑrk.lɪŋ ˈwɔː.tər/
translation icon : agua con gas
  • Can I start you off with a sparkling water?
  • sparkling water or champagne
  • bottle of sparkling water
  • glass of sparkling water

This looks like regular water, but it's really flat sparkling water that's been sitting here for a while.

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Examples

  • Uh, would you guys like to start with still or sparkling water?

    The King of Staten Island (2020)

  • Pratt took a sip of her sparkling water, nodded attentively.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • We're all gonna stick with our sparkling water.

    Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009)

  • I'll take a sparkling water, if you got it.

    Deep Water (2022)

  • I'll have a sparkling water, too.

    Serenity (2019)

  • We have beer, we have wine and we have cola, sparkling water, just a lot of stuff.

  • "Welcome to Alaska," Julie said, handing him a glass of sparkling water.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • We sip sparkling water, gaze at art, meet the artists, and compliment their work.

    Blog text (8)

  • I sat in a cheap Italian trattoria and drank a bottle of sparkling water.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Can I start you off with a sparkling water?

Synonyms

club soda
vssparkling water
  • US
29 1.8

A fizzy water with added minerals used to drink or mix with alcohol

is the plain bubbly drink without added minerals or salty taste
seltzer
vssparkling water
  • US
18 3.7

Fizzy water with natural or added bubbles

is usually made by adding gas to water rather than coming from springs
soda water
vssparkling water
4 1.2

A clear fizzy drink made by adding gas to water, often used as a mixer

is mainly a plain bubbly drink rather than often sweetened or used as mixer
carbonated water
vssparkling water
1 2.3

Water that has tiny bubbles of gas and is drunk plain or used as a mixer

is the bubbly drink form typically served as a refreshing beverage
Vichy water
vssparkling water
9.1

A sparkling mineral water from Vichy, France

is the general bubbly water not tied to a particular spring or brand

Antonyms

still water
1 1.2

Water without bubbles that people drink from bottles

How Fizzy

soda
  • US
426 1.0
seltzer
  • UK
2 4.0
sparkling water
9 1.0
still water
1 1.2

Surface Forms

sparkling water singular
sparkling waters plural

Morphology

sparkling + water

The meaning 'water that is carbonated and bubbly' is directly and predictably composed from 'sparkling' (having visible bubbles/effervescence) + 'water' (drinkable H₂O). This adjective+noun combination is cross-linguistically common (e.g., Spanish 'agua con gas', French 'eau pétillante') and follows standard compositional semantics, so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand it.

Etymology

Sparkling water gets its name from the tiny bubbles that make the water look like it is sparkling, so the phrase means 'water with bubbles'.