Meaning

6 senses
  1. (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, countable, uncountable)An alcoholic, often sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples.

    a beverage made from juice pressed from apples

  2. (countable, uncountable)This or any similar alcoholic drink made from similar fruit, such as pears.

  3. (Canada, US, countable, uncountable)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.

    I picked up a jug of cider for the kids.

  4. (Australia, countable, uncountable)A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage made from apples or pears.

  5. (Japan, South Korea, countable, uncountable)A non-alcoholic, lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage.

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

Examples

25 sentences
  1. I love apple cider.

    Я люблю яблучний сидр.

    ruЯ очень люблю яблочный сидр.

    deIch liebe Apfelwein.

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  2. Which do you like better, apple cider, or champagne?

    deTrinkst du lieber Apfelwein oder Champagner?

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  3. This cider is incredible.

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  4. I'd like some cider, please.

    ruБудьте добры, сидра.

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  5. Would you like some cider?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
alcoholic beverage:
Русский
By meaning 2
alcoholic beverage:
non-alcoholic still beverage:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
alcoholic beverage:

Origin

From Middle English sider, cidre, sidre, from Old French cisdre, sidre (“beverage made fro

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.

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