cider

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. Partially displaced earlier English apple wine.

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

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• Rhymes: -aɪdə(ɹ)

cider (countable and uncountable, plural ciders)

2. (British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada) An alcoholic, often sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples.

   Synonyms: hard cider (hard apple cider sense), apple cider (hard apple cider sense)

   Coordinate terms: pear cider; beer, wine; spirits, hard liquor

4. This or any similar alcoholic drink made from similar fruit, such as pears.

   Hyponyms: apple cider (hard sense), pear cider (hard sense), cider (hard apple cider sense)

   Coordinate terms: beer, wine; spirits, hard liquor

   • 1995, Paul Correnty, The Art of Cidermaking‎^[1], 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 […]

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

   Synonyms: sweet cider, apple cider (nonalcoholic sense)

   I picked up a jug of cider for the kids.

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

• (alcoholic beverage): hard cider (chiefly US); pomade, pomatum, pomace (obsolete)
• (US: non-alcoholic beverage): sweet cider, apple cider, pomatum (obsolete)

• → Bulgarian: са́йдер (sájder)
• → Finnish: siideri
• → Jersey Dutch: sâiter
• → Japanese: サイダー (saidā)
• → Korean: 사이다 (saida)

• calvados
• perry
• scrumpy

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

Borrowed from English cider.

cider m (plural ciders)

1. cider

• “cider” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.dər/

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• Hyphenation: ci‧der
• Rhymes: -idər

cider m (plural ciders, diminutive cidertje n)

1. cider

   Synonyms: appelcider, appelwijn

• → Indonesian: sider

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cider c

1. hard cider
2. cider

• päroncider
• äppelcider

• “cider”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “cider”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “cider”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)