Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sider

/sˈaɪdɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables: sider
IPA: /sˈaɪdɚ/

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who takes a side.

noun

A shape with a specified number of sides.

noun

Obsolete form of cider.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"enemies of God and our Religion, and siders with Antichrist"
"So if Colorado is not a rectangle, what is it? Well, not a pentagon, (Greek for 5-sider), hexagon (6-sider), or a heptagon (7-sider), but a—hold on to something—hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon (697-sider)."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English sider From side + -er (agent noun suffix).

Usage

Inflected Forms

siders (plural)

Phrases

B-sider curtain-sider half-sider supply-sider Sydney-sider

Frequently Paired Words

B-sider curtain-sider curtainsider half-sider Shitneysider supply-sider Sydney-sider

Homonyms

seider

Rhymes With

spider wider provider rider insider snyder outsider cider schneider ryder slider glider

Questions

How do you pronounce sider?: The recorded pronunciation is /sˈaɪdɚ/.
What does sider mean?: One who takes a side.
Where does sider come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English sider From side + -er (agent noun suffix).

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