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cider

noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈsaɪ̯.dɚ/
  • General-American: sīʹdər
  • Canada, Inland-Northern-American, New-England: [ˈsʌɪ̯ɾə(ɹ)]
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ̯.də/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪdə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: S AY1 D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An alcoholic, often sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hard cider, apple cider

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US, countable, uncountable

Examples

  • I picked up a jug of cider for the kids.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sweet cider, apple cider

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage made from apples or pears.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A non-alcoholic, lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Japan, South-Korea, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A cup, glass, or serving of any of these beverages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

a beverage made from juice pressed from apples

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cyder

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: beverage, drink, drinkable, potable

Narrower terms: hard cider, scrumpy, sweet cider

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *šikar- Hebrew שֵׁכָרder. Ancient Greek σίκερα (síkera)bor. Medieval Latin sīcerader. Old French sidrebor. Middle English sider English 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.

Across languages

Translations

105 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: appelbier — alcoholic beverage
  • Afrikaans: sider — alcoholic beverage
  • Afrikaans: appelwyn — alcoholic beverage
  • Arabic: سِيدَر (sīdar) — alcoholic beverage
  • Armenian: խնձորօղի (xnjorōġi) — alcoholic beverage
  • Asturian: sidra — alcoholic beverage
  • Basque: sagardo — alcoholic beverage
  • Belarusian: сідр (sidr) — alcoholic beverage
  • Breton: sistr — alcoholic beverage
  • Breton: chistr — alcoholic beverage
  • Bulgarian: я́бълково ви́но (jábǎlkovo víno) — alcoholic beverage
  • Bulgarian: са́йдер (sájder) — alcoholic beverage
  • Catalan: sidra — alcoholic beverage
  • Chinese Cantonese: 蘋果酒 /苹果酒 (ping4 gwo2 zau2) — alcoholic beverage
  • Chinese Cantonese: 西打 (sai1 daa2) — alcoholic beverage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蘋果酒 /苹果酒 (píngguǒjiǔ) — alcoholic beverage
  • Cornish: cider — alcoholic beverage
  • Czech: jablečný mošt — alcoholic beverage
  • Danish: cider — alcoholic beverage
  • Danish: æblevin — alcoholic beverage
  • Dutch: cider — alcoholic beverage
  • Dutch: appelwijn — alcoholic beverage
  • Dutch: appelcider — alcoholic beverage
  • Estonian: siider — alcoholic beverage
  • Faroese: cider — alcoholic beverage
  • Finnish: siideri — alcoholic beverage
  • French: cidre — alcoholic beverage
  • Galician: sidra — alcoholic beverage
  • German: Apfelwein — alcoholic beverage
  • German: Apfelmost — alcoholic beverage
  • German: Cidre — alcoholic beverage
  • Greek: μηλίτης (milítis) — alcoholic beverage
  • Greek: μηλόκρασο (milókraso) — alcoholic beverage
  • Hebrew: סיידר — alcoholic beverage
  • Hindi: सेब की मदिरा (seb kī madirā) — alcoholic beverage
  • Hungarian: almabor — alcoholic beverage
  • Icelandic: síder — alcoholic beverage
  • Icelandic: eplavín — alcoholic beverage
  • Indonesian: sider — alcoholic beverage
  • Indonesian: arak apel — alcoholic beverage
  • Irish: leann úll — alcoholic beverage
  • Irish: ceirtlis — alcoholic beverage
  • Italian: sidro — alcoholic beverage
  • Japanese: シードル (shīdoru) — alcoholic beverage
  • Japanese: 林檎酒 (ringoshu) — alcoholic beverage
  • Korean: 사과주 (sagwaju) — alcoholic beverage
  • Latin: sīcera — alcoholic beverage
  • Latvian: sidrs — alcoholic beverage
  • Lithuanian: sidras — alcoholic beverage
  • Macedonian: јаболково вино (jabolkovo vino) — alcoholic beverage
  • Māori: haira — alcoholic beverage
  • Middle English: sider — alcoholic beverage
  • Classical Nahuatl: Caxtīllān texocooctli — alcoholic beverage
  • Norman: cidre — alcoholic beverage
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sider — alcoholic beverage
  • Norwegian Bokmål: eplevin — alcoholic beverage
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sider — alcoholic beverage
  • Old English: æppelwīn — alcoholic beverage
  • Polish: cydr — alcoholic beverage
  • Polish: jabłecznik — alcoholic beverage
  • Portuguese: sidra — alcoholic beverage
  • Romanian: cidru — alcoholic beverage
  • Russian: сидр (sidr) — alcoholic beverage
  • Russian: я́блочное вино́ (jábločnoje vinó) — alcoholic beverage
  • Scottish Gaelic: lionn-ubhal — alcoholic beverage
  • Slovene: jabolčni mošt — alcoholic beverage
  • Spanish: sidra — alcoholic beverage
  • Spanish: sagardúa — alcoholic beverage
  • Swedish: cider — alcoholic beverage
  • Swedish: äppelvin — alcoholic beverage
  • Swedish: äppelcider — alcoholic beverage
  • Tagalog: sidra — alcoholic beverage
  • Turkish: elma şarabı — alcoholic beverage
  • Ukrainian: сидр (sydr) — alcoholic beverage
  • Welsh: seidr — alcoholic beverage
  • Welsh: osai — alcoholic beverage
  • Welsh: afalwy — alcoholic beverage
  • Bulgarian: я́бълков сок (jábǎlkov sok) — non-alcoholic still beverage
  • Czech: jablečný mošt — non-alcoholic still beverage
  • Danish: æblemost — non-alcoholic still beverage
  • Finnish: omenamehu — non-alcoholic still beverage
  • German: Apfelmost — non-alcoholic still beverage
  • Greek: χυμός μήλου (chymós mílou) — non-alcoholic still beverage
  • Indonesian: sider — non-alcoholic still beverage
  • Indonesian: sari apel — non-alcoholic still beverage
  • Polish: sok jabłkowy — non-alcoholic still beverage
  • Russian: я́блочный сок (jábločnyj sok) — non-alcoholic still beverage
  • Swedish: must — non-alcoholic still beverage
  • Bulgarian: са́йдер (sájder) — non-alcoholic sparkling beverage (apple)
  • Czech: jablečný mošt — non-alcoholic sparkling beverage (apple)
  • Finnish: omenalimonadi — non-alcoholic sparkling beverage (apple)
  • Indonesian: soda apel — non-alcoholic sparkling beverage (apple)
  • Polish: napój gazowany z sokiem jabłkowym — non-alcoholic sparkling beverage (apple)
  • Japanese: サイダー (saidā) — non-alcoholic sparkling beverage (lemon-lime)
  • Korean: 사이다 (saida) — non-alcoholic sparkling beverage (lemon-lime)
  • Polish: napój gazowany z sokiem cytrynowym — non-alcoholic sparkling beverage (lemon-lime)
  • Finnish: siideri — drink/glass of cider
  • French: verre de cidre — drink/glass of cider
  • Greek: μηλίτης (milítis) — drink/glass of cider
  • Greek: μηλόκρασο (milókraso) — drink/glass of cider
  • Italian: bicchiere di sidro — drink/glass of cider
  • Polish: cydr — drink/glass of cider
  • Scottish Gaelic: lionn-ubhal — drink/glass of cider
  • Swedish: glas cider — drink/glass of cider
  • Swedish: cider — drink/glass of cider
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