biter
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
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- Rhymes: -aɪtə(r)
Noun [edit]
biter (plural biters)
- Agent noun of bite; someone of something who bites.
- Not all dogs are biters.
- (curling) A stone that barely touches the outside of the house.
- (slang) One who plagiarizes.
Anagrams [edit]
Norwegian Bokmål [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Noun [edit]
biter
- someone who bites
Derived terms [edit]
Related terms [edit]
- bitar (Nynorsk)
Noun [edit]
biter
- Indefinite plural of bit.
Verb [edit]
biter
- present tense of bite
Old English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Probably originally related to bītan (“to bite”). Cognate with Old Saxon bittar, Old High German bittar (German bitter), Old Norse bitr (Swedish bitter).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈbiter/
Adjective [edit]
biter
- bitter (taste etc.)
- bitter, severe, painful, biting
- Ic [...] bitre breostceare gebiden hæbbe. I have endured bitter heart-pain. (The Seafarer)
Declension [edit]
| Weak | Strong | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||||||||||
| m | n | f | m | n | f | m | n | f | |||||
| nominative | bit(e)ra | bit(e)re | bit(e)re | bit(e)ran | nom. | biter | bit(e)re | biter | bit(e)ra, -e | ||||
| accusative | bit(e)ran | bit(e)re | bit(e)ran | acc. | biterne | biter | bit(e)re | bit(e)re | biter | bit(e)ra, -e | |||
| genitive | bit(e)ran | biterra, bit(e)rena | gen. | bit(e)res | bit(e)res | biterre | biterra | ||||||
| dative | bit(e)ran | bit(e)rum | dat. | bit(e)rum | bit(e)rum | biterre | bit(e)rum | ||||||
| instrumental | bit(e)re | ||||||||||||
Swedish [edit]
Verb [edit]
biter
- present tense of bita.
Turkish [edit]
Verb [edit]
biter
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bitmek.
