cider

English

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Etymology

From Middle English cidre or sidre, from Old French cisdre or sidre (“beverage made from fermented apples”), from Medieval Latin sīcera, from Ancient Greek σίκερα (“fermented liquor, strong drink”), of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

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

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• (UK) IPA: /ˈsaɪ.də(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"saI.d@(r)/
• Rhymes: -aɪdə(r)
• (US) enPR: sīʹdə, sīʹdər, IPA: /ˈsaɪdə/, /ˈsaɪdɚ/, X-SAMPA: /"saId@/, /"saId@`/

Noun

cider (countable and uncountable; plural ciders)

1. (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, uncountable) An alcoholic, sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples.
2. (US, uncountable) A non-alcoholic, still beverage consisting of the (usually unfiltered and still containing pulp) juice of early-harvest apples. (Without pulp such a beverage is called apple juice.)
3. (Australia, uncountable) A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage made from apples.
4. (in Japan) A non-alcoholic drink, normally carbonated; equivalent to soft drink.
5. Any particular type of one of these beverages.

   She liked an aged cider. He liked a harder cider.

6. (countable) A cup, glass, or serving of any of these beverages.

Synonyms

• (alcoholic beverage): hard cider (US)
• (US: non-alcoholic beverage): sweet cider

Derived terms

apple cider cider-and cider-apple cider brandy cider cart cider-cellar cider-cup cider gum cider-house ciderish ciderist ciderkin

cider-man cider-marc cider-master cider-mill cider oil cider press cider punk cider-pressings cider royal cider vinegar cider-wring cidery

dry cider ice cider hard cider mulled cider pear cider sparkling apple cider sparkling cider sparkling ice cider sweet cider white cider

Translations

alcoholic beverage

• Armenian: խնձորօղի (hy) (xnjoròġi)
• Basque: sagardo (eu)
• Bulgarian: ябълково вино (bg) (jabǎlkovo vino) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘋果酒 (cmn), 苹果酒 (cmn) (píngguǒjiǔ)

• Czech: jablečný mošt (cs) m
• Dutch: cider (nl) m
• Finnish: siideri (fi)
• French: cidre (fr) m
• German: Apfelwein (de) m
• Greek: μηλίτης (el) (milítis) m, μηλόκρασο (el) (milókraso) n
• Hebrew: סיידר (he)
• Irish: leann úll (ga) m, ceirtlis (ga) f

• Italian: sidro (it) m
• Japanese: サイダー (ja) (saidā)
• Jèrriais: cidre m
• Latvian: sidrs (lv)
• Macedonian: јаболково вино (mk) (jabólkovo víno) n
• Old English: æppelwīn
• Polish: cydr (pl) m, jabłecznik (pl) m
• Russian: сидр (ru) (sidr) m, яблочное вино (ru) (jábločnoje vinó) n
• Scottish Gaelic: lionn-ubhal (gd) m
• Slovene: jabolčni mošt (sl)
• Spanish: sidra (es) f
• Swedish: cider (sv)
• Welsh: osai (cy) m, afalwy (cy)

non-alcoholic still beverage

• Bulgarian: ябълков сок (bg) (jabǎlkov sok) m
• Czech: jablečný mošt (cs) m
• Danish: æblemost (da)

• Finnish: omenamehu (fi)
• Greek: χυμός μήλου (el) (chymós mílou) m
• Swedish: must (sv)

non-alcoholic sparkling beverage

• Bulgarian: сайдер (bg) (sajder) m

• Czech: jablečný mošt (cs) m

drink/glass of cider

• French: verre de cidre m
• Greek: μηλίτης (el) (milítis) m, μηλόκρασο (el) (milókraso) n
• Italian: bicchiere di sidro m

• Scottish Gaelic: lionn-ubhal (gd) m
• Swedish: glas cider (sv) n, cider (sv) c

soft drink — see soft drink

See also

• Calvados
• perry
• scrumpy

Anagrams

• cried
• Deric
• dicer
• IRCed
• riced