biter

English

Etymology

bite +‎ -er

Pronunciation

Noun

biter (plural biters)

  1. Agent noun of bite; someone or something who bites.
    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

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bi.te/
  • Audio (Paris)(file)

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):

Gallo

Etymology

Verb

biter

  1. to touch

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From bite (“to bite”) +‎ -er

Noun

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

  1. a biter, someone who bites

Derived terms

Noun

biter m

  1. indefinite plural of bit

Verb

biter

  1. present tense of bite

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bitraz. Probably originally related to bītan (“to bite”). 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): /ˈbiter/

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
Weak Strong
case singular plural case singular plural
m n f m n f m n f
nominative bit(e)ra bit(e)re bit(e)re bit(e)ran nom. biter bit(e)re biter bit(e)ra, -e
accusative bit(e)ran bit(e)re bit(e)ran acc. biterne biter bit(e)re bit(e)re biter bit(e)ra, -e
genitive bit(e)ran biterra, bit(e)rena gen. bit(e)res bit(e)res biterre biterra
dative bit(e)ran bit(e)rum dat. bit(e)rum bit(e)rum biterre bit(e)rum
instrumental bit(e)re
Derived terms

Descendants

Old Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲidʲer/

Verb

·biter

  1. third-person plural future passive conjunct of benaid

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

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
  • “biter” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Verb

biter

  1. present tense of bita.

Turkish

Verb

biter

  1. third-person singular present simple indicative positive degree of bitmek
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