sider

English

Etymology 1

side +‎ -er

Noun

sider (plural siders)

1. One who takes a side.
   • 1644, Robert Ram, The Souldiers Catechisme:

     enemies of God and our Religion, and siders with Antichrist

Etymology 2

Noun

sider (countable and uncountable, plural siders)

1. 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)

1. (anatomy) chest
2. (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)

1. Hard cider or an analogous beverage made of other fruits.
2. 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

Etymology 1

Noun

sider m or f

1. indefinite plural of side

Etymology 2

Noun

sider m (definite singular sideren, indefinite plural sidere or sidre or sidrer, definite plural siderne or sidrene)

1. cider (alcoholic beverage)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²siːɛr/

Noun

sider f

1. 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)

1. cider (alcoholic beverage)

References

• “sider” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.