sider

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See also: -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
Related terms

Etymology 2

Noun

sider (countable and uncountable, plural siders)

  1. Obsolete form of cider.

Anagrams

Maltese

Root
s-d-r
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic صَدْر (ṣadr).

Pronunciation

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

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

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Noun

sider m or f

  1. indefinite plural of side
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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

Noun

sider f

  1. indefinite plural of side
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Etymology 2

From French cidre, from Latin sicera, from Ancient Greek σίκερα (síkera, “fermented liquor, strong drink”), of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

sider m (definite singular sideren, indefinite plural sidrar, definite plural sidrane)

  1. cider (alcoholic beverage)

References

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