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See also: bíter

English

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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

Noun

biter (plural biters)

  1. 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.
  2. (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.
  3. (curling) A stone that barely touches the outside of the house.
  4. (slang) One who copies someone else's work, style or techniques, especially in hip-hop.
  5. (obsolete) A cheat or fraudster.
  6. (fiction) A zombie.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From bit +‎ -er.

Noun

biter (plural biters)

  1. (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

  1. (transitive, slang) Alternative form of bitter (“to understand”) (usually used in negative form and especially with rien)

Etymology 2

From bite.

Verb

biter

  1. to humiliate, con, dupe, deceive
    Oh putain, il m’a bien bité.
    Oh fuck, he got me good.
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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , 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.)

Verb

biter

  1. to touch

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From bite (“to bite”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

biter m (definite singular biteren, indefinite plural bitere, definite plural biterne)

  1. a biter, someone who bites
Derived terms

Noun

biter m

  1. indefinite plural of bit

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

biter

  1. present tense of bite

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Verb

biter

  1. (non-standard since 2012) present tense of bita

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bitr.

Pronunciation

Adjective

biter (comparative biterra, superlative biterest)

  1. bitter (taste etc.)
  2. 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
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative bitera, bitra bitere, bitre bitere, bitre
Accusative biteran, bitran biteran, bitran bitere, bitre
Genitive biteran, bitran biteran, bitran biteran, bitran
Dative biteran, bitran biteran, bitran biteran, bitran
Instrumental biteran, bitran biteran, bitran biteran, bitran
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative biteran, bitran biteran, bitran biteran, bitran
Accusative biteran, bitran biteran, bitran biteran, bitran
Genitive biterra, biterena, bitrena biterra, biterena, bitrena biterra, biterena, bitrena
Dative biterum, bitrum biterum, bitrum biterum, bitrum
Instrumental biterum, bitrum biterum, bitrum biterum, bitrum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: bitter

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Verb

·biter

  1. third-person plural future passive conjunct of benaid

Mutation

Mutation of biter
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

Borrowed from German Bitter.

Noun

biter n (uncountable)

  1. bitters

Declension

Declension of biter
singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative biter biterul
genitive-dative biter biterului
vocative biterule

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From English bitter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǐter/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ter

Noun

bìter m (Cyrillic spelling бѝтер)

  1. bitter (a bitter drink)
Declension
Declension of biter
singular plural
nominative biter biteri
genitive bitera bitera
dative biteru biterima
accusative biter bitere
vocative biteru biteri
locative biteru biterima
instrumental biterom biterima

Etymology 2

From German bitter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǐter/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ter

Adjective

bìter (Cyrillic spelling бѝтер)

  1. bitter, sour (of taste)

References

  • “biter”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • “biter”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Swedish

Verb

biter

  1. present indicative of bita

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Turkish

Verb

biter

  1. third-person singular indicative aorist of bitmek
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