# 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: /ˈbaɪtɚ/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈbaɪtə/
* Audio (General Australian):(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

* ankle biter
* ankle-biter
* backbiter
* back biter
* crib-biter
* cross-biter
* day-biter
* leg biter
* nail-biter
* nail biter
* neckbiter
* night-biter
* night biter
* ox-biter
* pillar-biter
* pillow-biter
* sheep-biter
* the biter bit
* toe-biter
* toe biter
* tyre biter
* wart-biter

### 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.
** 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.

##### Related terms

* bitter
* byter

### Anagrams

* Berti, Breit, Tiber, rebit, tribe

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bi.te/
* Audio (Paris):(file)

### 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
    Oh putain, il m’a bien bité.Oh fuck, he got me good.

##### 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: /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: /ˈbiːtər/

#### Verb

biter
* present tense of bite

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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: /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)

#### Derived terms

* biterlīċe
* biternes

#### Descendants

* Middle English: bitter
** English: bitter
** Scots: bittir

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbʲidʲer/

### Verb

·biter
* third-person plural future passive conjunct of benaid

### Mutation

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)
* bitters

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

From English bitter.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bǐter/
* Hyphenation: bi‧ter

#### Noun

bìter m (Cyrillic spelling бѝтер)
* bitter (a bitter drink)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From German bitter.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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), 2006–2025
* “biter”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Swedish
### Verb

biter
* present indicative of bita

### Anagrams

* Berit

## Turkish
### Verb

biter
* third-person singular indicative aorist of bitmek