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cider

English

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Etymology

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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. Displaced native English apple wine.

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

Noun

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cider (countable and uncountable, plural ciders)

  1. (British, 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[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 […]
  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.

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Descendants

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

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Dutch

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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cider m (plural ciders, diminutive cidertje n)

  1. cider.
    Synonyms: appelcider, appelwijn
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Noun

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cider c

  1. hard cider
  2. cider

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Declension of cider 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative cider cidern — —
Genitive ciders ciderns — —

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