biter

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪtɚ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪtə/

• Audio (AU):

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• Rhymes: -aɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

biter (plural biters)

1. Agent noun of bite; someone or something who tends to bite.

   Not all dogs are biters.

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

• ankle-biter
• ankle biter
• back biter
• backbiterthe biter bit
• cross-biter
• day-biter
• nail-biter
• nail biter
• night biter
• night-biter
• pillar-biter
• pillow-biter
• sheep-biter
• toe-biter
• toe biter
• tyre biter
• wart-biter

 

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^[1] (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.

Related terms

• byter

 

Anagrams

• Berti, Breit, Tiber, rebit, tribe

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.te/

• Audio (Paris):

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Etymology 1

Verb

biter

1. (transitive, slang) Misspelling 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.

Synonyms

(humiliate, con, dupe):

• duper

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Gallo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

biter

1. to touch

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From bite (“to bite”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²biːtər/

Noun

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

1. a biter, someone who bites

Derived terms

• angstbiter
• grinebiter

Noun

biter m

1. indefinite plural of bit

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːtər/

Verb

biter

1. present tense of bite

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːtər/

Verb

biter

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

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Old English

Alternative forms

• bitor, bitter, bittor

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bit(t)r. Probably originally related to bītan (“to bite”).

Cognates

Cognate with Old Saxon bittar (Low German bitter), Dutch bitter, Old High German bittar (German bitter), Old Norse bitr (Swedish bitter, Icelandic bitur).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ter/

Adjective

biter

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

• biterlīċe
• biternes

Descendants

• Middle English: bitter
  • English: bitter
  • Scots: bittir

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲidʲer/

Verb

·biter

1. third-person plural future passive conjunct of benaid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
·biter	·biter pronounced with /-β(ʲ)-/	·mbiter
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Romanian

Etymology

From German Bitter.

Noun

biter n (uncountable)

1. bitters

Declension

declension of biter (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) biter	biterul
genitive/dative	(unui) biter	biterului
vocative	biterule

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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 [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• “biter”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

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Swedish

Verb

biter

1. (deprecated template usage) present tense of bita.

Anagrams

• Berit

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Turkish

Verb

biter

1. third-person singular indicative aorist of bitmek