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

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪtɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪtə/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -aɪtə(ɹ)
• Homophone: byter

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

• ankle biter
• ankle-biter
• backbiter
• back biter
• crib-biter
• cross-biter
• day-biter
• leg biter
• nail-biter
• nail biter
• neckbiter
• night-biter
• night biter
• pillar-biter
• pillow-biter
• sheep-biter
• the biter bit
• 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

• bitter
• byter

 

Anagrams

• Berti, Breit, Tiber, rebit, tribe

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.te/

• Audio (Paris):

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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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Synonyms

(humiliate, con, dupe):

• duper

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

• 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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːtər/

Verb

biter

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

Old English

Alternative forms

• bitor, bitter, bittor

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bitr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ter/

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

• biterlīċe
• biternes

Descendants

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

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲidʲer/

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

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

Swedish

Verb

biter

1. present indicative of bita

Anagrams

• Berit

Turkish

Verb

biter

1. third-person singular indicative aorist of bitmek