Meanings
pepsi1
plural pepsis
- alternativeethnicslangslurAlternative form of Pepsi (“person from Quebec”).
Pepsi2
alternative nonstandard pepsi
- A brand of carbonated cola non-alcoholic drink produced by the company PepsiCo.
plural Pepsis · alternative nonstandard pepsi
- A serving of Pepsi.
I'll have a Pepsi with that.
- ethnicslangslurA person from Quebec, Canada.
[…] 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 […]
1993, Canadian Review of Comparative Literature, volume 20, page 276
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Ancient Greekπέψις
- EnglishPepsi
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 dyspepsia. While some have suggested Pepsi is short for the digestive enzyme 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 Ancient Greek πέψις (pépsis), which means “cooking, fermentation or digestion”. (Compare Italian pepsi, from the same source.) (person from Quebec): In reference to their supposed love of junk food.
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بِيبْسِي
- بِيبْسِي (bibsī)the brand of drink
Bengali পেপসি
- পেপসি (pepośi)the brand of drink
Bulgarian Пе́пси
- Пе́пси (Pépsi)the brand of drink
Chinese Mandarin 百事可樂 /百事可乐
- 百事可樂 /百事可乐 (Bǎishì kělè)the brand of drink
Danish Pepsi
- Pepsithe brand of drink
Finnish Pepsi
- Pepsithe brand of drink
French Pepsi
- Pepsithe brand of drink
Greek Πέπσι κόλα
- Πέπσι κόλα (Pépsi kóla)the brand of drink
Hebrew פפסי
- פפסיthe brand of drink
Hindi पेप्सी, पेप्सी
- पेप्सी (pepsī)the brand of drink
- पेप्सी (pepsī)a portion of Pepsi
Japanese ペプシ, ペプシコーラ
- ペプシ (Pepushi)the brand of drink
- ペプシコーラ (Pepushikōra)the brand of drink
Korean 펩시, 펩시콜라
- 펩시 (Pepsi)the brand of drink
- 펩시콜라 (Pepsikolla)the brand of drink
Polish pepsi
- pepsia portion of Pepsi
Portuguese Pepsi, Pepsi
- Pepsithe brand of drink
- Pepsia portion of Pepsi
Russian Пе́пси-ко́ла
- Пе́пси-ко́ла (Pépsi-kóla)the brand of drink
Tamil பெப்சி
- பெப்சி (pepci)the brand of drink
Thai เป๊ปซี่
- เป๊ปซี่ (bpép-sîi)the brand of drink
Turkish Pepsi
- Pepsithe brand of drink
Ukrainian Пе́псі-ко́ла
- Пе́псі-ко́ла (Pépsi-kóla)the brand of drink
Urdu پیپْسی
- پیپْسی (pepsī)the brand of drink
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Cite this entry
pepsi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pepsi
“pepsi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pepsi. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pepsi,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pepsi.
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