bister
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]bister (countable and uncountable, plural bisters)
- Alternative spelling of bistre
Anagrams
[edit]North Frisian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly cognate with West Frisian bjuster (extremely; unusual, strange)
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bister (comparative bisterer, superlative bisterst)
Synonyms
[edit]Slovene
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Slavic *bystrъ.
Adjective
[edit]bíster (comparative bístrejši, superlative nȁjbístrejši)
Further reading
[edit]- “bister”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swedish
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Judge-dredd-ennis-collection.jpg/300px-Judge-dredd-ennis-collection.jpg)
Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Low German bister. Attested since 1665.
Adjective
[edit]bister (comparative bistrare, superlative bistrast)
- (of a person, expression, or the like) serious and hard; grim, stern, etc.
- Rektorn satt med en bister min i rektorsexpeditionen när jag kom in
- The principal was sitting with a stern look on his face in the principal's office when I entered
- "Vi är körda", sa han bistert
- "We're screwed," he said grimly
- grim, bitter, harsh (often of weather conditions and the like)
- den bistra kylan
- the bitter cold
- den bistra vintern
- the cold, harsh winter
- den bistra verkligheten
- the grim reality
- den bistra sanningen
- the bitter truth
- bistra tider
- hard times
Declension
[edit]Inflection of bister | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | bister | bistrare | bistrast |
Neuter singular | bistert | bistrare | bistrast |
Plural | bistra | bistrare | bistrast |
Masculine plural3 | bistre | bistrare | bistrast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | bistre | bistrare | bistraste |
All | bistra | bistrare | bistraste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from French bistre. Attested since 1784.
Noun
[edit]bister n
- bistre (pigment)
Declension
[edit]Declension of bister | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | bister | bistret | — | — |
Genitive | bisters | bistrets | — | — |
References
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