tansan

See also: Tan-šan and Ťan-šan

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 炭酸(たんさん) (tansan, “carbonated; carbonic acid”) (a clipping of 炭酸飲料(たんさんいんりょう) (tansan inryō, “carbonated drink”)), a genericized trademark by Clifford-Wilkinson Tansan Mineral Water Co., Ltd. popular in the Philippines in the early 20th century, initially romanized and introduced as "TANSAN" on metal bottlecaps and on English marketing material.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: tan‧san
  • IPA(key): /ˈtansan/, [ˈt̪an̪.s̪ʌn̪]

Noun

tansan

  1. crown cap; crown cork

Japanese

Romanization

tansan

  1. Rōmaji transcription of たんさん

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 炭酸(たんさん) (tansan, “carbonated; carbonic acid”) (a clipping of 炭酸飲料(たんさんいんりょう) (tansan inryō, “carbonated drink”)), a genericized trademark by Clifford-Wilkinson Tansan Mineral Water Co., Ltd. popular in the Philippines in the early 20th century, initially romanized and introduced as "TANSAN" on metal bottlecaps and on English marketing material.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: tan‧san
  • IPA(key): /ˈtansan/, [ˈtan.sɐn]
  • IPA(key): /tanˈsan/, [tɐnˈsan]
  • Rhymes: -an

Noun

tansan or tansán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈ᜔ᜐᜈ᜔)

  1. bottlecap (especially of soft drink bottles)
    Synonyms: kitse, takip-tansan
  2. (colloquial) soda water
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