cider

cider

English

Etymology

From Middle English sider, cidre, sidre, from Old French cisdre, sidre (“beverage made from fermented apples”), from Medieval Latin sīcera, from Ancient Greek σίκερα (síkera, “fermented liquor, strong drink”), from Hebrew שֵׁכָר‎ (šēḵār, “liquor”). Doublet of cyser.

Pronunciation

American-style unfiltered, unfermented unpasturized cider (left); Apple juice (right).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ̯.dɚ/, enPR: sīʹdər
• (New England, Inland Northern American) IPA^(key): [ˈsʌɪ̯.də(ɹ)]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ̯.də/

• Audio (US)

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• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -aɪdə(ɹ)

Noun

cider (countable and uncountable, plural ciders)

1. (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada) An alcoholic, often sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples; hard cider; apple cider
   • 1995, Paul Correnty, The Art of Cidermaking‎, Brewers Publications:

     The procedures for cyser are identical to cider with a notable exception: honey is a much more complex sugar than cane or corn sugars, meaning honey takes a long time to clear and an even longer time (at least six months) to ferment out […]

2. (US, Canada) A non-alcoholic still beverage consisting of the juice of early-harvest apples, usually unfiltered and still containing pulp; apple cider; sweet cider (without pulp such a beverage is called apple juice).

   She liked an aged cider. He liked a harder cider.

3. (Australia) A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage made from apples or pears.
4. (Japan, South Korea) A non-alcoholic, lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage.
5. (countable) A cup, glass, or serving of any of these beverages.

Synonyms

• (alcoholic beverage): hard cider (US)
• (US: non-alcoholic beverage): sweet cider

Derived terms

• all talk and no cider
• apple cider
• cider-and
• cider-apple
• cider brandy
• cider cart
• cider-cellar
• cider-cup
• cider gum
• cider house
• cider-house
• ciderish
• ciderist
• ciderkin
• cider-man
• cider-marc
• cider-master
• cider-mill
• cider oil
• cider press
• cider-pressings
• cider punk
• cider royal
• cider vinegar
• cider-wring
• cidery
• dry cider
• fire cider
• hard cider
• ice cider
• mulled cider
• pear cider
• sparkling apple cider
• sparkling cider
• sparkling ice cider
• sweet cider
• white cider

 

Descendants

• → Jersey Dutch: sâiter

Translations

alcoholic beverage

Afrikaans: appelbier sg, sider (af) sg, appelwyn (af) sg Arabic: سِيدَر‎ m (sīdar) Armenian: խնձորօղի (hy) (xnjorōłi) Asturian: sidra (ast) f Basque: sagardo (eu) sg Belarusian: сідр m (sidr) Breton: sistr (br) Bulgarian: ябълково вино n (jabǎlkovo vino), са́йдер m (sájder) Catalan: sidra f Chinese: Cantonese: 蘋果酒, 苹果酒 (ping4 gwo2 zau2), 西打 (sai1 daa2) Mandarin: 蘋果酒／苹果酒 (zh) (píngguǒjiǔ) Classical Nahuatl: Caxtīllān texocooctli Cornish: cider m Czech: jablečný mošt m Danish: cider (da) c, æblevin c Dutch: cider (nl) m, appelwijn (nl) m, appelcider m Estonian: siider Faroese: cider Finnish: siideri (fi) French: cidre (fr) m Galician: sidra (gl) f German: Apfelwein (de) m (general), Apfelmost (de) m (chiefly southern), Cidre (de) m (sparkling specifically) Greek: μηλίτης (el) m (milítis), μηλόκρασο (el) n (milókraso) Hebrew: סיידר‎ (he) Hindi: सेब की मदिरा f (seb kī madirā) Hungarian: almabor (hu) Icelandic: síder, eplavín (is) Irish: leann úll m, ceirtlis f Italian: sidro (it) m Japanese: シードル (ja) (shīdoru), 林檎酒 (ja) (ringoshu) Korean: 사과주 (ko) (sagwaju) Latin: sīcera f Latvian: sidrs (lv) Lithuanian: sidras m Macedonian: јаболково вино n (jabolkovo vino) Middle English: sider Norman: cidre m Norwegian: Bokmål: sider (no) m, eplevin m Nynorsk: sider m Old English: æppelwīn n Polish: cydr (pl) m, jabłecznik (pl) m Portuguese: sidra (pt) f Romanian: cidru (ro) Russian: сидр (ru) m (sidr), я́блочное вино́ n (jábločnoje vinó) Scottish Gaelic: lionn-ubhal m Slovene: jabolčni mošt Spanish: sidra (es) f Swedish: cider (sv) n, äppelvin n, äppelcider (sv) n Tagalog: sidra Turkish: elma şarabı (tr) Ukrainian: сидр m (sydr) Welsh: seidr m, osai m (literary), afalwy (literary)

non-alcoholic still beverage

Bulgarian: ябълков сок m (jabǎlkov sok) Czech: jablečný mošt m Danish: æblemost Finnish: omenamehu (fi) German: Apfelsaft (de) m (may be specified as trüber Apfelsaft), Apfelmost (de) m (rarer) Greek: χυμός μήλου m (chymós mílou) Russian: я́блочный сок (ru) m (jábločnyj sok) Swedish: must (sv)

non-alcoholic sparkling beverage (apple)

Bulgarian: сайдер m (sajder) Czech: jablečný mošt m Finnish: omenalimonadi

non-alcoholic sparkling beverage (lemon-lime)

Japanese: サイダー (ja) (saidā) Korean: 사이다 (ko) (saida)

drink/glass of cider

Finnish: siideri (fi) French: verre de cidre m Greek: μηλίτης (el) m (milítis), μηλόκρασο (el) n (milókraso) Italian: bicchiere di sidro m Scottish Gaelic: lionn-ubhal m Swedish: glas cider n, cider (sv) c

See also

• calvados
• perry
• scrumpy

Anagrams

• Deric, IRCed, Redic, cried, deric, dicer, riced

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sider, from Old French sidre, from Latin sicera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.dər/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ci‧der
• Rhymes: -idər

Noun

cider m (plural ciders, diminutive cidertje n)

1. cider.

   Synonyms: appelcider, appelwijn

Related terms

• sikker
• sjikker