ginger ale

American  

noun

• ginger ales
  plural

1. a carbonated soft drink flavored with ginger extract.

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ginger ale British  

noun

1. a sweetened effervescent nonalcoholic drink flavoured with ginger extract

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• ginger ales
  plural

Etymology

Origin of ginger ale

First recorded in 1835–45

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• ginger ale vs. ginger beer

Example Sentences

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ginger ale

Worn down by pestering, our parents relented and allowed ginger ale at Sunday dinner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

The ginger ale is flatly branded Canada Dry.

From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2026

I coughed up $15.99 for Wi-Fi—much more than most airlines charge—and $9.98 for Pringles and a can of ginger ale.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2024

If you approach everything as if it has meaning — misspelled signs, toilet figurines, the differences between 7-Up and ginger ale — well, then it does.

From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2023

Ed is putting bottles of lemonade and ginger ale into a cooler.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart