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 (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪtə(ɹ)
- Homophone: byter
Noun
biter (plural biters)
- 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.
- (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.
- (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
Noun
biter (plural biters)
- (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 (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.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi.te/
Audio (Paris) (file)
Verb
biter
Etymology 2
From bite.
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 | – | – | – | ||||
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Gallo
Etymology
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Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²biːtər/
Derived terms
- angstbiter
- grinebiter
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbiːtər/
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbiːtər/
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *bitr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbi.ter/
Adjective
biter (superlative biterest)
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 |
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʲidʲer/
Romanian
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bǐter/
- Hyphenation: bi‧ter
Declension
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bǐter/
- Hyphenation: bi‧ter
Turkish
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