different between wider vs sider

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?wa?d?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?wa?d?/
• Rhymes: -a?d?(?)

Adjective

wider

1. comparative form of wide: more wide

Adverb

wider

1. comparative form of wide: more wide

Anagrams

• Dwire, WEIRD, weird, weïrd, wierd, wired, wride, wried

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wider, from Old High German widar, from Proto-Germanic *wiþr? (“against, toward”). The same word as wieder (“again”) with artificial orthographic distinction. Hence cognate with Dutch weer, English wither.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vi?d?r/, [?vi?d?], [??i?d?]
• Homophone: wieder

Preposition

wider (+ accusative)

1. (formal, literary) against

   Synonym: gegen

Usage notes

• In contemporary German, wider is found in compounds (see wider-) and otherwise mainly in a few set phrases. Due to its rarity it is sometimes hypercorrectly construed with the genitive case; thus instead of wider besseres Wissen (“against one's better knowledge”) one will sometimes read or hear wider besseren Wissens.

Further reading

• “wider” in Duden online

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.