"tonic water" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tonic waters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tonic water (countable and uncountable, plural tonic waters)
  1. A carbonated beverage containing quinine, originally used as a prophylactic against malaria, and now used as a soft drink or as a mixer in gin and tonic and other cocktails. Wikipedia link: tonic water Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Water Synonyms: Indian tonic water Related terms: soda water Translations (carbonated beverage): مَاء التُونِك (māʔ at-tūnik) [masculine] (Arabic), tònica [feminine] (Catalan), 奎寧水 (Chinese Mandarin), 奎宁水 (kuíníngshuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), tonik (Czech), tonic [masculine] (Dutch), tonic-vesi (Finnish), eau tonique [feminine] (French), soda tonique [masculine] (French), Tonicwasser [neuter] (German), Tonicwater [neuter] (German), Tonic [neuter] (German), tonik (Hungarian), uisce íocshláinteach (Irish), acqua tonica [feminine] (Italian), トニックウォーター (tonikkuwōtā) (Japanese), água tônica [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), água tónica [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), то́ник (tónik) [masculine] (Russian), tónica [feminine] (Spanish), agua tónica [feminine] (Spanish), aguaquina [Latin-America, feminine] (Spanish), sodavatten [neuter] (Swedish), tonic (Swedish), soda [common-gender] (Swedish), tonik (Turkish)

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