tansan

See also: Tan-šan and Ťan-šan

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 炭酸(たんさん) (tansan, “carbonated; carbonic acid”), an ellipsis 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.s̪ɐn̪]

Noun

tansan

1. crown cap; crown cork

Japanese

Romanization

tansan

1. Rōmaji transcription of たんさん

Tagalog

Etymology

From Japanese 炭酸(たんさん) (tansan, “carbonated; carbonic acid”), an ellipsis 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

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtansan/ [ˈt̪aːn̪.sɐn̪]
    • Rhymes: -ansan
  • IPA^(key): /tanˈsan/ [t̪ɐn̪ˈsan̪]
    • Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: tan‧san

Noun

tansan or tansán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈ᜔ᜐᜈ᜔)

1. bottlecap (especially of soft drink bottles)

   Synonyms: takip-tansan, (dialectal) kitse

2. (colloquial) soda water

See also

• lapaw

Further reading

• “tansan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• santan