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== English == === Etymology === From Middle English biten, from Old English bītan (“bite”), from Proto-West Germanic *bītan, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną (“bite”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“split”). Cognates include Saterland Frisian biete (“bite”), West Frisian bite (“bite”), Dutch bijten (“bite”), German Low German bieten (“bite”), German beißen, beissen (“bite”), Danish bide (“bite”), Swedish bita (“bite”), Norwegian Bokmål bite (“bite”), Norwegian Nynorsk bita (“bite”), Faroese and Icelandic bíta (“bite”), Gothic 𐌱𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (beitan, “bite”), Latin findō (“split”), Ancient Greek φείδομαι (pheídomai), Sanskrit भिद् (bhid, “break”). === Pronunciation === enPR: bīt, IPA(key): /baɪt/ Rhymes: -aɪt Homophones: bight, by't, byte === Verb === bite (third-person singular simple present bites, present participle biting, simple past bit, past participle bitten or bit) (transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth. (transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth. (intransitive) To attack with the teeth. (intransitive, chiefly in the negative) To behave aggressively; to reject advances. (intransitive) To take hold; to establish firm contact with. (intransitive) To have significant effect, often negative. (intransitive, of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught. (intransitive, figurative) To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor. (intransitive, transitive, of an insect) To sting. (intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent. (transitive, sometimes figurative) To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure. (intransitive) To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing. (intransitive) To take or keep a firm hold. (transitive) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to. (stative, slang) To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck. (transitive, informal, vulgar) To perform oral sex on. Used in invective. (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To plagiarize, to imitate. (obsolete, transitive, slang) To deceive or defraud; to take in. ==== Hyponyms ==== bite down ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== bitter ==== Descendants ==== Sranan Tongo: beti Portuguese: baitar (hip-hop slang) ==== Translations ==== === Noun === bite (countable and uncountable, plural bites) The act of biting. The wound left behind after having been bitten. The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting. Synonym: sting A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful. (slang) Something unpleasant. (slang) An act of plagiarism. A small meal or snack. (figuratively, uncountable) incisiveness, provocativeness, exactness. (figuratively, uncountable) Aggression. The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another. (colloquial, dated) A cheat; a trick; a fraud. (colloquial, dated, slang) A sharper; one who cheats. (printing) A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper. (slang) A cut, a proportion of profits; an amount of money. (television) Ellipsis of sound bite. (cricket) The turn that a spin bowler imparts to a pitch. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== beetle bit ==== Descendants ==== Sranan Tongo: beti ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Ebit, Beit, EBIT, ebit, tebi- == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbɪtɛ] Homophone: byte === Noun === bite vocative singular of bit == French == === Alternative forms === bitte === Etymology === From Old Norse biti (“beam, girder”), from Proto-Germanic *bitô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bit/ === Noun === bite f (plural bites) (slang, vulgar) knob, cock, dick Synonym: sguègue ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “bite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Garo == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === bite fruit == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English bite. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbajt/ Rhymes: -ajt === Noun === bite m (invariable) (dentistry) split (dental device) == Khumi Chin == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bi˩.te˧/ === Adjective === bite hot ==== Related terms ==== bi-üngte === References === K. E. Herr (2011), The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎[2], Payap University, page 74 == Latvian == === Etymology === From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bitīˀ (compare Lithuanian bi̇̀tė), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰey-, *bʰī-. Cognate to English bee. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbitːɛ] === Noun === bite f (5th declension) bee ==== Declension ==== == Lithuanian == === Noun === bitè instrumental singular of bi̇̀tė (“bee”) === Noun === bi̇̀te instrumental singular of bi̇̀tė (“bee”) == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === A conflation of two words, both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”): Old English bite, from Proto-West Germanic *biti. Old English bita, from Proto-West Germanic *bitō, from Proto-Germanic *bitô. ==== Alternative forms ==== bit, bitte, byte bitt, byt, bytt, bytte (Late Middle English) bete (Norfolk) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbit(ə)/ IPA(key): /ˈbeːt(ə)/ (open-syllable lengthening) IPA(key): /ˈbiːt(ə)/ (by analogy with biten) ==== Noun ==== bite (plural bites) A bite; the act of biting: A mouthful of food (especially which has been bitten off). The incision or wound left by a bite. (figuratively) The sting or pain of Death. A cut or incision made by a weapon. The blade or point of a weapon (or occasionally, tool). A bit (metal piece for a horse's mouth) (rare) A bit (piece or portion). ===== Descendants ===== English: bit; bite Sranan Tongo: beti Middle Scots: bit, bitt, byt, byte Scots: bit; bite ===== References ===== “bite, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== bite alternative form of bitte === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== bite alternative form of biten == Murui Huitoto == === Etymology === Cognates include Minica Huitoto bite and Nüpode Huitoto bitde. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbitɛ] Hyphenation: bi‧te === Verb === bite (intransitive) to come ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Shirley Burtch (1983), Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[3] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 36 Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017), A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎[4], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 76 == Neapolitan == === Noun === bite plural of bita == North Frisian == === Alternative forms === bitj (Föhr-Amrum) bit (Sylt) === Etymology === From Old Frisian bīta, from Proto-West Germanic *bītan. === Pronunciation === (Mooring) IPA(key): [ˈbɪtʰə] === Verb === bite (Mooring, Halligen) to bite ==== Conjugation ==== == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse bíta, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). === Verb === bite (present tense biter, past tense bet or beit, past participle bitt, present participle bitende) To bite. ==== Derived terms ==== bite i gresset bitende (adjective) ==== Related terms ==== bitt (noun) === References === “bite” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Verb === bite (present tense bit, past tense beit, supine bite, past participle biten, present participle bitande, imperative bit) e-infinitive form of bita (in dialects with e-infinitive or split infinitive) === References === “bite” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *biti. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbi.te/ Rhymes: -i.te === Noun === bite m bite ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: bite, bit, bitte, byte, bitt, byt, bytt, bytte (Late Middle English), bete (Norfolk) (merged with descendant of Old English bita)English: bit; biteSranan Tongo: betiMiddle Scots: bit, bitt, byt, byteScots: bit; bite == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbi.tɛ/ Rhymes: -itɛ Syllabification: bi‧te === Participle === bite inflection of bity: neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bice/, [ˈbice] Rhymes: -ice Hyphenation: bi‧te Homophone: byte === Verb === bite second-person plural imperative of biť == Turkish == === Noun === bite dative singular of bit == West Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian bīta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbitə/ === Verb === bite To bite. ==== Inflection ==== ==== Further reading ==== “bite (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011