sweet cider

sweet ci·der

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sweet sahy-der]
- /swit ˈsaɪ dər/
- /swiːt ˈsaɪ.dər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sweet sahy-der]
- /swit ˈsaɪ dər/

Definitions of sweet cider words

noun sweet cider the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc. 1
noun sweet cider cider having a high sugar content 0
noun sweet cider unfermented apple juice 0

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Origin of sweet cider

First appearance:

before 1250

One of the 11% oldest English words

1250-1300; Middle English sidre < Middle French < Old French si(s)dre < Late Latin sīcera strong drink < Septuagint Greek sī́kera < Hebrew shēkhār (Levit. 10:9); replacing Middle English sithere < Old French sidre

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Parts of speech for Sweet cider

noun

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sweet cider popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 68% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

sweet cider usage trend in Literature

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