biter

== 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/ Rhymes: -aɪtə(ɹ) Homophone: byter ==== Noun ==== biter (plural biters) Agent noun of bite; someone or something who bites or tends to bite. (fishing) A fish that tends to take bait. (curling) A stone that barely touches the outside of the house. (slang) One who copies someone else's work, style or techniques, especially in hip-hop. (obsolete) A cheat or fraudster. (fiction) A zombie. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From bit +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== biter (plural biters) (in combination, computing) Something (a data unit, machine etc.) with a width of a specified amount of bits. ===== Related terms ===== === Anagrams === Berti, Breit, Tiber, rebit, tribe == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bi.te/ === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== biter (transitive, slang) alternative form of bitter (“to understand”) (usually used in negative form and especially with rien) === Etymology 2 === From bite. ==== Verb ==== biter to humiliate, con, dupe, deceive ===== Conjugation ===== ===== 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 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) a biter, someone who bites ===== Derived terms ===== angstbiter grinebiter ==== Noun ==== biter m indefinite plural of bit === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbiːtər/ ==== Verb ==== biter present tense of bite == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbiːtər/ === Verb === biter (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) bitter (taste etc.) bitter, severe, painful, biting Ic [...] bitre breostceare gebiden hæbbe. ― I have endured bitter heart-pain. (The Seafarer) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== biterlīċe biternes ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: bitter English: bitter Scots: bittir == Old Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʲi.d̠ʲəɾ/ (Blasse) [ˈbʲi.d̠ʲeɾ] (Griffith) [ˈbʲi.d̠ʲəɾ] === Verb === ·biter third-person plural future passive conjunct of benaid === Mutation === == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Bitter. === Noun === biter n (uncountable) bitters ==== Declension ==== == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English bitter. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /bǐter/ Hyphenation: bi‧ter ==== Noun ==== bìter m inan (Cyrillic spelling бѝтер) bitter (a bitter drink) ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from German bitter. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /bǐter/ Hyphenation: bi‧ter ==== Adjective ==== bìter (Cyrillic spelling бѝтер) bitter, sour (of taste) === References === “biter”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 “biter”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 == Swedish == === Verb === biter present indicative of bita === Anagrams === Berit == Turkish == === Verb === biter third-person singular indicative aorist of bitmek