biter
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See also: bíter
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English biter, bitere, equivalent to bite + -er. Cognate with West Frisian biter (“biter”), Dutch bijter (“biter”), German Low German Bieter (“biter”), German Beißer (“biter”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪtɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪtə/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪtə(ɹ)
- Homophone: byter
Noun
biter (plural biters)
- Agent noun of bite; someone or something who bites or tends to bite.
- Not all dogs are biters.
- 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.
- (fishing) 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.
- (curling) A stone that barely touches the outside of the house.
- (slang) One who copies someone else's work, style or techniques, especially in hip-hop.
- (obsolete) A cheat or fraudster.
- (fiction) A zombie.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
biter (plural biters)
- (in combination, computing) 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?
- 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.
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French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
biter
- (transitive, slang) Alternative form of bitter (“to understand”) (usually used in negative form and especially with rien)
Etymology 2
From bite.
Verb
biter
Conjugation
Conjugation of biter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| 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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Synonyms
(humiliate, con, dupe):
Gallo
Etymology
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Verb
biter
- to touch
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
biter m (definite singular biteren, indefinite plural bitere, definite plural biterne)
Derived terms
Noun
biter m
- indefinite plural of bit
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
biter
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Verb
biter
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *bitr.
Pronunciation
Adjective
biter (comparative biterra, superlative biterest)
- bitter (taste etc.)
- bitter, severe, painful, biting
- Ic [...] bitre breostceare gebiden hæbbe. ― I have endured bitter heart-pain. (The Seafarer)
Declension
Declension of biter — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | biter | biter | biter |
| Accusative | biterne | bitere, bitre | biter |
| Genitive | biteres, bitres | biterre | biteres, bitres |
| Dative | biterum, bitrum | biterre | biterum, bitrum |
| Instrumental | bitere, bitre | biterre | bitere, bitre |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | bitere, bitre | bitera, bitra, bitere, bitre | biter |
| Accusative | bitere, bitre | bitera, bitra, bitere, bitre | biter |
| Genitive | biterra | biterra | biterra |
| Dative | biterum, bitrum | biterum, bitrum | biterum, bitrum |
| Instrumental | biterum, bitrum | biterum, bitrum | biterum, bitrum |
Declension of biter — Weak
Derived terms
Descendants
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Verb
·biter
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| ·biter | ·biter pronounced with /-β(ʲ)-/ |
·mbiter |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
biter n (uncountable)
Declension
| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | biter | biterul |
| genitive-dative | biter | biterului |
| vocative | biterule | |
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
bìter m (Cyrillic spelling бѝтер)
- bitter (a bitter drink)
Declension
Declension of biter
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Adjective
bìter (Cyrillic spelling бѝтер)
References
- “biter”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
- “biter”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Swedish
Verb
biter
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Turkish
Verb
biter