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. Displaced native English apple wine.

Pronunciation

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

• (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)

Noun

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.

Synonyms

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

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

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

Translations

alcoholic beverage

• Afrikaans: appelbier sg, sider (af) sg, appelwyn (af) sg
• Arabic: سِيدَر m (sīdar)
• Armenian: խնձորօղի (hy) (xnjorōġi)
• Asturian: sidra (ast) f
• Basque: sagardo (eu) sg
• Belarusian: сідр m (sidr)
• Breton: sistr (br)
• Bulgarian: я́бълково ви́но n (jábǎlkovo víno), 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)
• Maori: haira
• 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: я́бълков сок m (jábǎlkov 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: са́йдер m (sájder)
• 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

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.dər/

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• Hyphenation: ci‧der
• Rhymes: -idər

Noun

cider m (plural ciders, diminutive cidertje n)

1. cider.

   Synonyms: appelcider, appelwijn

Related terms

• appelcider
• ciderappel
• ciderdrank
• cidermaker
• cidermolen
• peercider
• sikker
• sjikker

 

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

cider c

1. hard cider
2. cider

Declension

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

Derived terms

• päroncider
• äppelcider

References

• cider in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• cider in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• cider in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)