biter
English
Etymology 1
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#BITERCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#BITER biter, bitere, equivalent to bite + -erCategory:English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)#BITER. Cognate with West Frisian biter (“biter”), Dutch bijter (“biter”), German Low German Bieter (“biter”), German Beißer (“biter”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪtɚ/Category:English 2-syllable words#BITERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BITER
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪtə/Category:English 2-syllable words#BITERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BITER
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#BITERAudio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪtə(ɹ)Category:Rhymes:English/aɪtə(ɹ)#BITERCategory:Rhymes:English/aɪtə(ɹ)/2 syllables#BITER
- Homophone: byterCategory:English terms with homophones#BITER
Noun
biter (plural biters)Category:English lemmas#BITERCategory:English nouns#BITERCategory:English countable nouns#BITERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BITERCategory:Pages with entries#BITERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BITER
- Agent noun of biteCategory:English agent nouns#BITER; someone or something who bites or tends to bite.
- Not all dogs are biters.Category:English terms with usage examples#BITER
- 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 87:
- My dislike was reinforced in 2016 when researchers discovered that more than three-quarters of the domestic boars and 40 per cent of wild boars they examined had bite injuries to their penises. The photos are horrific. Just who the biters were remains a mystery, but I think something goes wrong when a fundamentally herbivorous creature acquires a taste for flesh.Category:English terms with quotations#BITER
- (fishingCategory:en:Fishing#BITER) A fish that tends to take bait.
- 2007, John Shewey, On the Fly Guide to the Northwest, page 79:
- She tried the same cast several times. I signaled her to switch flies. After two such changes we still couldn't move the fish. Some steelhead are biters; some are not.Category:English terms with quotations#BITER
- (figurative) A person who takes up an offer or request.
- I put up some fliers for the org but didn't get any bitersCategory:English terms with usage examples#BITER
- (curlingCategory:en:Curling#BITER) A stone that barely touches the outside of the house.
- (slangCategory:English slang#BITER) One who copies someone else's work, style or techniques, especially in hip-hop.
- (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#BITER) A cheat or fraudster.
- (fictionCategory:en:Fiction#BITER) A zombie.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From bit + -erCategory:English terms suffixed with -er (measurement)#BITER.
Noun
biter (plural biters)Category:English lemmas#BITERCategory:English nouns#BITERCategory:English countable nouns#BITERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BITERCategory:Pages with entries#BITERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BITER
- (in combination, computingCategory:en:Computing#BITER) Something (a data unit, machine etc.) with a width of a specified amount of bits.
- 1978, Product Engineering, volume 49, page unknown:
- The first microprocessor was a 4-bit device called the 4004. Today you can buy 1-bit machines, 4-biters, 8-biters, 12-biters and 16-biters. Which one should you buy, and why?Category:English terms with quotations#BITER
- 1994 July 22, Jonathan T. Hunt, “ST Star Raiders”, in rec.games.video.atari (Usenet):
- Didn't know it was an 8-biter first, cool. The ST Star Raiders is pretty cool - my fav one yet & worth any $5.Category:English terms with quotations#BITER
Related terms
Anagrams
Category:English agent nouns#BITER Category:en:People#BITERFrench
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi.te/Category:French 2-syllable words#BITERCategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#BITER
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#BITERAudio (Paris): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#BITERAudio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#BITERAudio (France (Somain)): (file)
Etymology 1
Verb
biterCategory:French lemmas#BITERCategory:French verbs#BITERCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#BITERCategory:Pages with entries#BITERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BITER
- (transitiveCategory:French transitive verbs#BITER, slangCategory:French slang#BITER) alternative form of bitter (“to understand”) (usually used in negative form and especially with rien)
Etymology 2
From bite.
Verb
biterCategory:French lemmas#BITERCategory:French verbs#BITERCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#BITERCategory:Pages with entries#BITERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BITER
- to humiliate, con, dupe, deceive
- Oh putain, il m’a bien bité.
- Oh fuck, he got me good.
Conjugation
| infinitive | simple | biter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bitant /bi.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bité /bi.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | bite /bit/ |
bites /bit/ |
bite /bit/ |
bitons /bi.tɔ̃/ |
bitez /bi.te/ |
bitent /bit/ |
| imperfect | bitais /bi.tɛ/ |
bitais /bi.tɛ/ |
bitait /bi.tɛ/ |
bitions /bi.tjɔ̃/ |
bitiez /bi.tje/ |
bitaient /bi.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bitai /bi.te/ |
bitas /bi.ta/ |
bita /bi.ta/ |
bitâmes /bi.tam/ |
bitâtes /bi.tat/ |
bitèrent /bi.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | biterai /bi.tʁe/ |
biteras /bi.tʁa/ |
bitera /bi.tʁa/ |
biterons /bi.tʁɔ̃/ |
biterez /bi.tʁe/ |
biteront /bi.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | biterais /bi.tʁɛ/ |
biterais /bi.tʁɛ/ |
biterait /bi.tʁɛ/ |
biterions /bi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
biteriez /bi.tə.ʁje/ |
biteraient /bi.tʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | bite /bit/ |
bites /bit/ |
bite /bit/ |
bitions /bi.tjɔ̃/ |
bitiez /bi.tje/ |
bitent /bit/ |
| imperfect2 | bitasse /bi.tas/ |
bitasses /bi.tas/ |
bitât /bi.ta/ |
bitassions /bi.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
bitassiez /bi.ta.sje/ |
bitassent /bi.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bite /bit/ |
— | bitons /bi.tɔ̃/ |
bitez /bi.te/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Synonyms
(humiliate, con, dupe):
Gallo
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Gallo entries#BITER
Verb
biterCategory:Gallo lemmas#BITERCategory:Gallo verbs#BITERCategory:Gallo entries with incorrect language header#BITERCategory:Pages with entries#BITERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BITER
- to touch
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From bite (“to bite”) + -erCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -er#BITER.
Pronunciation
Noun
biter m (definite singular biteren, indefinite plural bitere, definite plural biterne)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#BITERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#BITERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#BITERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns#BITERCategory:Pages with entries#BITERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BITER
Derived terms
Noun
biter mCategory:Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms#BITERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål noun forms#BITERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#BITERCategory:Pages with entries#BITERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BITER
- indefinite plural of bit
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
biterCategory:Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms#BITERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål verb forms#BITERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#BITERCategory:Pages with entries#BITERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BITER
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Verb
biterCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms#BITERCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk verb forms#BITERCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#BITERCategory:Pages with entries#BITERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BITER
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West GermanicCategory:Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#BITERCategory:Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#BITER *bitr.
Pronunciation
Adjective
biter (comparative biterra, superlative biterest)Category:Old English lemmas#BITERCategory:Old English adjectives#BITERCategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#BITERCategory:Pages with entries#BITERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BITER
- bitter (taste etc.)
- bitter, severe, painful, biting
- Ic [...] bitre breostceare gebiden hæbbe. ― I have endured bitter heart-pain. (The Seafarer)Category:Old English terms with quotations#BITER
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʲi.d̠ʲəɾ/Category:Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation#BITER
- (Blasse) [ˈbʲi.d̠ʲeɾ]
- (Griffith) [ˈbʲi.d̠ʲəɾ]
Verb
·biterCategory:Old Irish non-lemma forms#BITERCategory:Old Irish verb forms#BITERCategory:Old Irish entries with incorrect language header#BITERCategory:Pages with entries#BITERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BITER
Mutation
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from GermanCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from German#BITERCategory:Romanian terms derived from German#BITER Bitter.
Noun
biter n (uncountable)Category:Romanian lemmas#BITERCategory:Romanian nouns#BITERCategory:Romanian uncountable nouns#BITERCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#BITERCategory:Romanian neuter nouns#BITERCategory:Pages with entries#BITERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BITER
Declension
| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | biter | biterul |
| genitive-dative | biter | biterului |
| vocative | biterule | |
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Category:Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BITERCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeyd-#BITERBorrowed from EnglishCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms borrowed from English#BITERCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms derived from English#BITER bitter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bǐter/Category:Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation#BITER
- Hyphenation: bi‧ter
Noun
bìter m inan (Cyrillic spelling бѝтер)Category:Serbo-Croatian lemmas#BITERCategory:Serbo-Croatian nouns#BITERCategory:Serbo-Croatian masculine inanimate nouns#BITERCategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#BITERCategory:Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns#BITERCategory:Serbo-Croatian inanimate nouns#BITERCategory:Pages with entries#BITERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BITER
- bitter (a bitter drink)
Declension
Etymology 2
Category:Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BITERCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeyd-#BITERBorrowed from GermanCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms borrowed from German#BITERCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms derived from German#BITER bitter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bǐter/Category:Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation#BITER
- Hyphenation: bi‧ter
Adjective
bìter (Cyrillic spelling бѝтер)Category:Serbo-Croatian lemmas#BITERCategory:Serbo-Croatian adjectives#BITERCategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#BITERCategory:Pages with entries#BITERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BITER
References
Swedish
Verb
biterCategory:Swedish non-lemma forms#BITERCategory:Swedish verb forms#BITERCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#BITERCategory:Pages with entries#BITERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BITER
Anagrams
Turkish
Verb
biterCategory:Turkish non-lemma forms#BITERCategory:Turkish verb forms#BITERCategory:Turkish entries with incorrect language header#BITERCategory:Pages with entries#BITERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BITER