sider
English
Etymology 1
side + -er
Noun
sider (plural siders)
- One who takes a side.
- 1644, Robert Ram, The Souldiers Catechisme:
- enemies of God and our Religion, and siders with Antichrist
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Noun
sider (countable and uncountable, plural siders)
- Obsolete form of cider.
Anagrams
- Desir, IDers, diers, dries, rides, rised, sired
Maltese
| Root |
|---|
| s-d-r |
| 3 terms |
Etymology
From Arabic صَدْر (ṣadr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪ.dɛr/
Noun
sider m (plural isdra or sdur or sdura)
- (anatomy) chest
- (anatomy) a woman’s breasts collectively
- Synonym: (plural) żejżiet
Usage notes
- The use for “breasts” exists also in English chest, but it is more common and less euphemistic in Maltese. Compare e.g. kanċer tas-sider (“breast cancer”).
Inflection
| Inflected forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal-pronoun- including forms | singular | plural | |
| m | f | ||
| 1st person | sidri | sidirna | |
| 2nd person | sidrek | sidirkom | |
| 3rd person | sidru | sidirha | sidirhom |
See also
- senduq
Middle English
Alternative forms
- sedyr, cedyr, sydyr, cidre, sidre, syder, sydur, siþer, sythere, sydir, sidur, sithir, cyther, cyder
Etymology
From Old French cisdre, sidre, from Medieval Latin sīcera, from Ancient Greek σίκερα (síkera), from Hebrew שֵׁכָר (šēḵār). Doublet of ciser.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsiːdrə/, /ˈsiːdər/
Noun
sider (uncountable)
- Hard cider or an analogous beverage made of other fruits.
- Any alcoholic beverage of great strength and potency.
Descendants
- English: cider
- Scots: cedar (obsolete)
References
- “sīder, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-21.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
sider m or f
- indefinite plural of side
Noun
sider m (definite singular sideren, indefinite plural sidere or sidre or sidrer, definite plural siderne or sidrene)
- cider (alcoholic beverage)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²siːɛr/
Noun
sider f
- indefinite plural of side
Etymology 2
From French cidre, from Latin sicera, from Ancient Greek σίκερα (síkera, “fermented liquor, strong drink”), of Semitic origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsiːdɛr/
Noun
sider m (definite singular sideren, indefinite plural sidrar, definite plural sidrane)
- cider (alcoholic beverage)
References
- “sider” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.