Coke

See also: coke

English

Alternative forms

coke

Etymology

Abbreviation of Coca-Cola. See coke (“cola”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /koʊk/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəʊk/

Noun

Coke (plural Cokes)

(uncountable, informal) Cola-based soft drink.
1. (in particular) Coca-Cola.
(countable, informal) A bottle, glass or can of a cola-based soft drink.
- 1958, Franklin Martin, “The Trouble with Mrs. Benton”, in Venus, volume 1, number 1, Garden of Eve Publications, page 16:
  'You have a coke and I'll have a beer and we can talk business.'
1. (in particular) A bottle, glass or can of Coca-Cola.
I want a Coke.
(US, especially Southern US, informal) Any soft drink, regardless of type.

Synonyms

(soft drink): see the list at soda

Translations

informal: any cola-flavored drink

Bulgarian: кола (bg) f (kola)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 可樂, 可乐 (ho² lok⁶)

Hakka: 可樂, 可乐 (khó-lá, khó-là)

Mandarin: 可樂 (zh), 可乐 (zh) (kělè)

Min Nan: 可樂 (zh-min-nan), 可乐 (khó-lo̍k)
Estonian: koola
Finnish: kokis (fi)
French: coca (fr) m, Coke (fr) (Quebec)

Icelandic: kók (is) f
Italian: coca (it) f
Japanese: コーラ (ja) (kōra)
Norwegian: cola (no) m
Portuguese: coca (pt) f, cola (pt) f
Spanish: cola (es) f, bebida de cola (es) f
Swedish: kola (sv)
Turkish: kola (tr)

Coca-Cola

Arabic: كُولَا‎ f (kulā)
Cornish: kok m
Czech: kola (cs) f
Dutch: cola (nl) m
Estonian: koka
Finnish: kokis (fi)
French: coca (fr) f
German: Coke f, Coca (de) f or n
Hungarian: kóla (hu)
Marathi: कोक (koka)

Portuguese: coca (pt) f
Russian: ко́ла (ru) f (kóla)
Scottish Gaelic: còc m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кола f

Roman: kola (sh) f
Spanish: coca (es) f, coke f, Coca-Cola (es) f
Swedish: cola (sv) c, coca (sv) c, cokis
Welsh: côc m

informal: any soft drink

Estonian: karastusjook

Finnish: limu (fi)

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