Pepsi

pepsi English thumb|200px|A can of Pepsi. Alternative forms en pepsi nonstandard Etymology en ine-pro *pekʷ- Originally short for Pepsi-Cola, coined in 1898 as a renaming of the brand from "Brad's Drink", in order to imply that the fizzy drink could cure en dyspepsia dyspepsia. While some have suggested Pepsi is short for the digestive enzyme en pepsin, sometimes with the assumption that pepsin was used as an ingredient in Pepsi, this is a folk etymology, as there is no official confirmation of it nor any evidence for a link between the enzyme and the beverage. Nonetheless, both the words pepsin and dyspepsia ultimately derive from en grc πέψις, which means “cooking, fermentation or digestion”. (Compare it pepsi, from the same source.) en person from Quebec In reference to their supposed love of junk food. Pronunciation pĕpʹsē, en /ˈpɛpsi/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Pepsi.wav US Proper noun A brand of carbonated cola non-alcoholic drink produced by the company PepsiCo. Quotations en Derived terms en pilk Pepsi Challenge Pepsi paradox Translations the brand of drink Amharic: am ፔፕሲ m Arabic: ar بِيبْسِي m bibsī Bengali: bn পেপসি Bulgarian: bg Пе́пси Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 百事可樂 Bǎishì kělè Danish: da Pepsi Finnish: fi Pepsi French: fr Pepsi Georgian: ka პეპსი Greek: el Πέπσι κόλα Hebrew: he פפסי Hindi: hi पेप्सी Inuktitut: iu ᐱᑉᓯ ᑰᓛ, iu pipsi kuulaa Japanese: ja ペプシ Pepushi, ja ペプシコーラ Pepushikōra Khmer: km ប៉ិបស៊ី Korean: ko ^펩시, ko ^펩시콜라 Lao: lo ເປບຊີ Marathi: mr पेप्सी Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira پِپْسی, fa-ira پِپْسیکولا Piedmontese: pms Pepsi Còla Portuguese: pt Pepsi f Russian: ru Пе́пси-ко́ла f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Пепси Tamil: ta பெப்சி Thai: th เป๊ปซี่ Tibetan: bo ལྦུ་སིབ་ཁུ་ནག Turkish: tr Pepsi Ukrainian: uk Пе́псі-ко́ла f Urdu: ur پیپْسی Yoruba: yo pẹpusí Noun A serving of Pepsi. en I'll have a Pepsi with that. en slang ethnic slur A person from Quebec, Canada. en 1993 Canadian Review of Comparative Literature 20 276 and to maintain a relatively superior, paternalistic position from which French Canadians are for the most part regarded as 'peasoups' or 'Pepsis,' as fellow citizens requiring benevolent supervision Descendants fr pepsi 1 hi पेप्सी 1 mfe pepsi 1 pl pepsi 1 pt Pepsi pepsi 1 sh Pepsi pepsi 1 Translations a portion of Pepsi Hindi: hi पेप्सी Polish: pl pepsi f Portuguese: pt Pepsi f Anagrams en eipps Seipp PIPEs Pipes pipes en Demonyms en trademarks en Beverages Serbo-Croatian Noun n en Pepsi brand of carbonated cola non-alcoholic drink produced by the company Pepsi Declension Pepsi Pepsija Pepsija Pepsija Pepsiju Pepsijima Pepsija Pepsije Pepsijo Pepsija Pepsijom Pepsijima Pepsiju Pepsijima sh trademarks sh Beverages