different between sider vs sixer

English

Etymology 1

side +? -er

Noun

sider (plural siders)

1. One who takes a side.

Etymology 2

Noun

sider (countable and uncountable, plural siders)

1. Obsolete form of cider.

Anagrams

• Desir, IDers, diers, dries, rides, rised, sired

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (?adr). The initial emphatic ?- was levelled towards the following plain -d-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?.d?r/

Noun

sider m (plural isdra)

1. (anatomy) chest
2. (anatomy) a woman’s breasts collectively

   Synonym: (plural) ?ej?iet

Usage notes

• The use for “breasts” exists also in English chest, but it is more common and less euphemistic in Maltese. Compare e.g. kan?er tas-sider (“breast cancer”).

See also

• senduq

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sedyr, cedyr, sydyr, cidre, sidre, syder, sydur, siþer, sythere, sydir, sidur, sithir, cyther, cyder

Etymology

From Old French cisdre, sidre, from Medieval Latin s?cera, from Ancient Greek ?????? (síkera), from Hebrew ??????? (š???r). Doublet of ciser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si?dr?/, /?si?d?r/

Noun

sider (uncountable)

1. Hard cider or an analogous beverage made of other fruits.
2. Any alcoholic beverage of great strength and potency.

Descendants

• English: cider
• Scots: cedar (obsolete)

References

• “s?der, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-21.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Noun

sider m or f

1. indefinite plural of side

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

• IPA^(key): /²si??r/

Noun

sider f

1. indefinite plural of side

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si?d?r/

Noun

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

1. cider (alcoholic beverage)

References

• “sider” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Etymology

From six +? -er.

Noun

sixer (plural sixers)

1. A Cub Scout or Brownie who leads a group of six. Whence also Senior Sixer.
   • 1995, Boy Scouts of Canada. National Council, The Cub Book

     Many packs have a sixer's council where the sixers, and sometimes the seconds, meet with Akela and some of the other leaders.

2. (slang) A prison sentence of six months
   • 1869, A Merchant. Editor: Frank Henderson, Six Years in the Prisons of England

     The copper knew I did that job, and had me up on suspicion some time after, and gave me a drag (three months) over it. The next bit I did was a 'sixer' (six months), and I escaped from prison in about three weeks after I got it.