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 (Australia):(file)
  • 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.
    Careful—She's a biter!
    • 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. (figurative) A person who takes up an offer or request.
    I put up some fliers for the org but didn't get any biters
  4. (curling) A stone that barely touches the outside of the house.
  5. (slang) One who copies someone else's work, style or techniques, especially in hip-hop.
  6. (obsolete) A cheat or fraudster.
  7. (fiction) A zombie.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *-s
▲
Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.
Proto-Indo-European *dwís
Proto-Italic *dwis
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Proto-Italic *dwiznos
Latin bīnus
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-os?
Proto-Indo-European *-o-
Proto-Indo-European *-so-
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós
Proto-Italic *-āsijos
Proto-Italic *-āsios
Latin -ārius
Late Latin bīnāriuslbor.
Middle English binarie
English binary
Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *deyǵ-
Proto-Italic *digitosder.
Latin digitusbor.
Middle English digit
English digit
English binary digitabbr.
▲
English bitinflu.
English bit
▲
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
▲
Latin -ārius
Old French -ierbor.
Middle English -er
English -er
English biter

    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.

    Anagrams

    French

    Pronunciation

    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):

    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

    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

    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

      Descendants

      • Middle English: bitter

      Old Irish

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈbʲi.d̠ʲəɾ/
        • (McCone 1996) [ˈbʲi.d̠ʲeɾ]
        • (Griffith 2016) [ˈbʲi.d̠ʲəɾ]

      Verb

      ·biter

      1. third-person plural future passive conjunct of benaid

      Mutation

      Mutation of ·biter
      radical lenition nasalization
      ·biter ·biter
      pronounced with /βʲ-/      		 ·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

        Borrowed from English bitter.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /bǐter/
        • Hyphenation: bi‧ter

        Noun

        bìter m inan (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

        Borrowed 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), 2006–2026
        • “biter”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

        Swedish

        Verb

        biter

        1. present indicative of bita

        Anagrams

        Turkish

        Verb

        biter

        1. third-person singular indicative aorist of bitmek
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