bite

See also: Bite, bité, bitē, bitė, bǐtè, and bitę

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”), Icelandic bíta (“bite”), Gothic 𐌱𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (beitan, “bite”), Latin findō (“split”), Ancient Greek φείδομαι (pheídomai), Sanskrit भिद् (bhid, “break”).

Pronunciation

enPR: bīt, IPA^(key): /baɪt/
(Canada, regional US) IPA^(key): /bʌɪt/
Rhymes: -aɪt
Audio (US) (file)
Homophones: bight, by't, byte

Verb

bite (third-person singular simple present bites, present participle biting, simple past bit, past participle bitten or (rare) bit)

(transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
As soon as you bite that sandwich, you'll know how good it is.
(transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
(intransitive) To attack with the teeth.
That dog is about to bite!
(intransitive) To behave aggressively; to reject advances.
If you see me, come and say hello. I don't bite.
(intransitive) To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
I needed snow chains to make the tires bite.
(intransitive) To have significant effect, often negative.
For homeowners with adjustable rate mortgages, rising interest will really bite.
(intransitive, of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
Are the fish biting today?
(intransitive, figurative) To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.
I've planted the story. Do you think they'll bite?
(intransitive, transitive, of an insect) To sting.
These mosquitoes are really biting today!
(intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
It bites like pepper or mustard.
(transitive, sometimes figurative) To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.
Pepper bites the mouth.
- c. 1590–1592, William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene ii], page 229, column 1:
  […] froſts doe bite the Meads […]
(intransitive) To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Proverbs 23:32, column 1:
  At the laſt it [wine] biteth like a ſerpent, and ſtingeth like ‖ an adder.
(intransitive) To take or keep a firm hold.
The anchor bites.
(transitive) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
The anchor bites the ground.
- 1859, Charles Dickens, “Fire Rises”, in A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], OCLC 906152507, book II (The Golden Thread), page 152:
  […] the last screw of the rack having been turned so often that its purchase crumbled, and it now turned and turned with nothing to bite […]
(intransitive, slang) To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.
This music really bites.
(transitive, informal, vulgar) To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.
You don't like that I sat on your car? Bite me.
(intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To plagiarize, to imitate.
He always be biting my moves.
(obsolete) To deceive or defraud; to take in.

Hyponyms

bite down

Derived terms

backbite
barking dogs never bite
barking dogs seldom bite
bit by a barn mouse
bite and smile
bite back
bite in
bite in the arse
bite in the ass
bite it
bite me
bite my ass
bite my shiny metal ass
bite off
bite off more than one can chew
bite one's knuckle
bite one's lip
bite one's thumb
bite one's tongue
bite on granite
biter
bite someone's head off
bite the big one
bite the biscuit
bite the bullet
bite the curb
bite the dust
bite the hand that feeds one
biting
biting midge
biting point
cock-biting
come back to bite
crib-biting
crossbite
don't bite the newbie
don't let the bedbugs bite
double-biting
frog-biting midge
if it had teeth, it'd bite one
make a rabbit bite a bulldog
non-biting midge
sheep-biting
wouldn't shout if a shark bit him

Descendants

Sranan Tongo: beti

Translations

cut into by clamping the teeth

Albanian: kafshoj (sq)
Arabic: عَضَّ‎ (ʿaḍḍa), قَضَمَ‎ (qaḍama)
Egyptian Arabic: عض‎ (ʕaḍḍ)
Hijazi Arabic: عض‎ (ʿaḍḍ), قطم‎ (gaṭam)
Armenian: կծել (hy) (kcel)
Aromanian: mãshcu, mushc
Asturian: morder (ast)
Azerbaijani: dişləmək (az)
Balinese: gutgut
Basque: ausiki (eu)
Belarusian: куса́ць impf (kusácʹ)
Breton: dantañ (br)
Buginese: oko
Bulgarian: отха́пвам (bg) (othápvam)
Burmese: ကိုက် (my) (kuik)
Buryat: зууха (zuuxa)
Catalan: mossegar (ca)
Cherokee: ᎠᏍᎦᎵᎦ (asgaliga)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 咬 (ngaau⁵)
Hakka: 咬 (ngâu)
Mandarin: 咬 (zh) (yǎo)
Min Dong: 咬 (ga)
Min Nan: 咬 (zh-min-nan) (kā)
Cornish: brath, bratha
Corsican: mursicà (co), murda
Crimean Tatar: tişlemek
Czech: kousat (cs) impf, kousnout pf
Dalmatian: morscuor, moscuar
Danish: bide (da)
Dolgan: ытыр
Dutch: bijten (nl)
Egyptian:

(pzḥ)
Erzya: сускомс (suskoms)
Esperanto: mordi
Estonian: hammustama (et)
Faroese: bíta (fo)
Finnish: purra (fi), haukata (fi)
French: mordre (fr)
Friulian: muardi
Galician: morder (gl), triscar, trincar, trabar, adentar (gl)
Georgian: მოჭმა (moč̣ma)
German: beißen (de)
Gothic: 𐌱𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (beitan)
Greek: δαγκώνω (el) (dagkóno)
Ancient: δάκνω (dáknō)
Guaraní: su'u
Hebrew: נגס‎ (he) (nagás)
High Sorbian: kusać
Hindi: काटना (hi) (kāṭnā), डसना (hi) (ḍasnā)
Hungarian: harap (hu), beleharap (hu)
Hunsrik: beise
Icelandic: bíta (is)
Ido: mordar (io)
Indonesian: gigit (id)
Ingrian: purra
Interlingua: morder
Istriot: mursagà
Istro-Romanian: mučcå
Italian: mordere (it)
Ivatan: sonyiten
Japanese: 噛む (ja) (かむ, kamu) (also spelled: 咬む (ja) (かむ, kamu), 嚙む (ja) (かむ, kamu), 嚼む (かむ, kamu), 噛み切る (かみきる, kamikiru)
Javanese: cokot
Kaingang: pra
Karelian: haukkie, purra
Kashubian: kãsać
Khmer: ខាំ (km) (kʰam)
Komi-Permyak: курчны (kurcʹny)
Komi-Zyrian: курччыны (kurcʹcʹyny), пурны (purny)
Korean: 물어떼다 (mureotteda), 깨물다 (ko) (kkaemulda)
Kyrgyz: тиштөө (ky) (tiştöö), кабуу (ky) (kabuu), чагуу (ky) (çaguu), кесүү (ky) (kesüü), тиштердин кабышып турушу (tişterdin kabışıp turuşu), үзүм (ky) (üzüm), кесим (ky) (kesim), тилке (ky) (tilke)
Ladin: morde
Lao: ກັດ (lo) (kát)
Latgalian: kūst
Latin: mordeō, morsico
Latvian: kost (lv)
Ligurian: morde
Livvi: haukkien, purta
Lombard: mord
Low German: bieten (nds)
Low Sorbian: kusyś
Ludian: purda
Luxembourgish: bäissen
Macedonian: одгризува (odgrizuva), гризе (grize)
Makasar: koko
Malagasy: manaikitra (mg)
Malay: gigit (ms)
Malayalam: കടി (ml) (kaṭi)
Maltese: igdem
Manchu: ᠰᠠᡳᠮᠪᡳ (saimbi)
Mansaka: kagat
Maori: ngau
Megleno-Romanian: mútšcu
Mirandese: morder
Moksha: сускомс (suskoms)
Mongolian: хазах (mn) (xazax), зуух (mn) (zuux), үмхэх (mn) (ümxex)
Nanai: сиаори
Nepali: टोक्नु (ṭoknu)
North Frisian:
Föhr: bitj
Heligoland, Sylt: bit
Mooring and Hallig: bite
Norwegian: bite (no)
Occitan: mossegar (oc)
Old English: bitan
Old Frisian: bīta
Old Javanese: gĕgĕt
Old Norse: bíta
Old Saxon: bitan
Oriya: ଦଂଶନ (or) (dôṃśônô)
Oromo: ciniinuu
Persian: گاز زدن‎ (gâz zadan)
Piedmontese: morde
Polish: odgryzać impf, odgryźć pf, kąsać (pl) impf
Portuguese: morder (pt)
Quechua: kaniy (qu), khachuy, kanii
Rapa Nui: ngau
Romanian: mușca (ro)
Romansch: morder
Russian: отку́сывать (ru) impf (otkúsyvatʹ), откуси́ть (ru) pf (otkusítʹ)
Rusyn: куса́ти (kusáty)
Sanskrit: दशति (sa) (daśati)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гри̏сти, у̀гристи
Roman: grȉsti (sh), ùgristi (sh)
Sicilian: muzzicari (scn)
Slovak: odhryznúť, zahryznúť
Slovene: ugrizniti (sl)
Somali: qaniin
Spanish: morder (es)
Sundanese: gogot
Swahili: -uma (sw)
Swedish: bita (sv)
Tagalog: kagat
Tajik: газидан (tg) (gazidan)
Tamil: கடி (ta) (kaṭi)
Tausug: kutkut
Telugu: కొరుకు (te) (koruku)
Tetum: tata
Thai: กัด (th) (gàt)
Tibetan: སོ་རྒྱག (so rgyag)
Turkish: dişlemek (tr), ısırmak (tr)
Tuvan: ызырар (ızırar)
Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎘𐎋 (nṯk)
Ukrainian: куса́ти (uk) impf (kusáty)
Venetian: morsegar (vec)
Veps: haukuta, purda
Vietnamese: cắn (vi)
Volapük: beitön (vo)
Votic: haukatõ, purrö
Võro: haukama, purõma
Welsh: cnoi (cy), brathu (cy) (North)
West Frisian: bite
Western Bukidnon Manobo: kaɣat
White Hmong: tom
Yakut: ытыр (ıtır)
Yiddish: בײַסן‎ (baysn)
Zealandic: biete
Zhuang: haeb
Zulu: -luma
ǃKung: taː

hold something by clamping one’s teeth

Arabic: عَضَّ‎ (ʿaḍḍa)
Assamese: কামোৰ (kamür)
Azerbaijani: dişləmək (az)
Belarusian: куса́ць impf (kusácʹ), ўкусі́ць pf (ŭkusícʹ)
Bengali: কামড়ানো (bn) (kamṛano)
Bulgarian: заха́пвам (bg) (zahápvam)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 咬住 (ngaau⁵ zyu⁶)
Mandarin: 咬住 (zh) (yǎozhù), 咬 (zh) (yǎo)
Finnish: purra (fi)
French: mordre (fr)
Galician: trabar, trincar, chanchar (gl)
Greek: δαγκώνω (el) (dagkóno)
Ancient: δάκνω (dáknō)
Hindi: काटना (hi) (kāṭnā)
Hungarian: szájában tart
Indonesian: gigit (id)
Japanese: 噛む (ja) (かむ, kamu)
Kazakh: тістеу (kk) (tısteu)
Khmer: ខាំ (km) (kham), ចឹក (km) (cək)
Korean: 물다 (ko) (mulda)
Kyrgyz: тиштөө (ky) (tiştöö)
Lao: ກັດ (lo) (kat)
Latvian: kost (lv)
Macedonian: загризува (zagrizuva), гризе (grize)
Mongolian: зуух (mn) (zuux), хазах (mn) (xazax), үмхэх (mn) (ümxex)
Norwegian: bite (no)
Persian: به دندان گرفتن‎ (be dandân gereftan), گزیدن‎ (fa) (gazidan)
Polish: gryźć (pl) impf
Portuguese: abocanhar (pt)
Russian: куса́ть (ru) impf (kusátʹ), укуси́ть (ru) pf (ukusítʹ), грызть (ru) impf (gryztʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гри̏сти, у̀гристи
Roman: grȉsti (sh), ùgristi (sh)
Slovak: hrýzť, kúsať
Slovene: ugrizniti (sl)
Spanish: morder (es)
Sundanese: gogot
Swedish: bita (sv)
Tajik: газидан (tg) (gazidan)
Thai: กัด (th) (gàt)
Turkish: dişlemek (tr)
Turkmen: dişlemek
Ukrainian: куса́ти (uk) impf (kusáty), укуси́ти pf (ukusýty)
Uzbek: tishlamoq (uz)
Vietnamese: cắn (vi)

attack with the teeth

Armenian: կծել (hy) (kcel)
Assamese: খোঁট (khü̃t), খুঁটিয়া (khũtia)
Bengali: দংশন করা (dôṅśôn kôra)
Breton: dantañ (br)
Bulgarian: хапя (bg) (hapja)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 咬 (ngaau⁵)
Mandarin: 咬 (zh) (yǎo)
Cornish: bratha
Danish: bide (da)
Dutch: bijten (nl)
Finnish: puraista (fi)
French: mordre (fr)
Galician: trabar
German: beißen (de)
Greek: δαγκώνω (el) (dagkóno)
Ancient: δάκνω (dáknō)
Hebrew: נשך‎ (he) (nashákh)
Hungarian: harap (hu), megharap (hu)
Irish: bain greim as, bain sclamh as, bain plaic as
Italian: morsicare (it)
Khmer: ខាំ (km) (kʰam)
Korean: 물어떼다 (mureotteda)
Luxembourgish: bäissen
Macedonian: ка́са (kása), гри́зе (gríze)
Maltese: igdem
Maori: tītope (as lice)
Mongolian: зуух (mn) (zuux), хазах (mn) (xazax)
North Frisian: bit (Sylt)
Norwegian: bite (no)
Persian: گاز گرفتن‎ (fa) (gâz gereftan)
Polish: kąsać (pl) impf, ukąsić (pl) pf, gryźć (pl) impf, ugryźć (pl) pf
Portuguese: morder (pt)
Quechua: kaniy (qu), kanii, khaniy
Romanian: mușca (ro)
Russian: куса́ть (ru) impf (kusátʹ), укуси́ть (ru) pf (ukusítʹ)
Slovak: uhryznúť, hrýzť, kúsať
Slovene: ugrizniti (sl)
Spanish: morder (es)
Swedish: bita (sv)
Telugu: కాటు (te) (kāṭu)
Turkish: ısırmak (tr)
Vietnamese: cắn (vi)
Welsh: cnoi (cy), brathu (cy)

take hold

Bengali: কামড়ানো (bn) (kamṛano)
Bulgarian: захапвам (bg) (zahapvam)
Finnish: purra (fi)
French: maintenir (fr), garder (fr)
Galician: trincar
Hungarian: fog (hu)
Korean: 물다 (ko) (mulda)
Portuguese: agarrar (pt)
Russian: хвата́ть (ru) (xvatátʹ)

bite a baited hook or other lure

Bulgarian: захапвам (bg) (zahapvam), кълва (bg) (kǎlva)
Dutch: bijten (nl)
Finnish: syödä (fi)
French: mordre (fr)
Galician: picar (gl)
German: beißen (de)
Greek: τσιμπάω (el) (tsimpáo)
Hungarian: harap (hu), ráharap
Italian: abboccare (it)
Korean: 물다 (ko) (mulda)
Luxembourgish: bäissen
Macedonian: гризе (grize), загризува (zagrizuva)
Mongolian: үмхэх (mn) (ümxex)
Norwegian: bite på
Polish: chwytać (pl) impf, chwycić (pl) pf
Portuguese: morder (pt)
Romanian: mușca (ro)
Russian: клева́ть (ru) impf (klevátʹ), клю́нуть (ru) pf (kljúnutʹ)
Slovak: brať, zabrať
Slovene: gristi (sl)
Spanish: picar (es)
Swedish: nappa (sv)

fall for a deception

Finnish: purra (fi)
French: mordre (fr), tomber dans le panneau (fr), marcher (fr)
Greek: τσιμπάω (el) (tsimpáo)
Korean: 속다 (ko) (sokda), 돌리다 (ko) (dollida)
Macedonian: па́ѓа (páǵa), насе́днува (nasédnuva)
Mongolian: амаараа шороо үмхэх (amaaraa šoroo ümxex)
Norwegian: bite på
Polish: kupować (pl)
Portuguese: cair (pt)
Russian: попа́сться (ru) (popástʹsja), купи́ться (ru) (kupítʹsja)
Slovak: zožrať, zhltnúť, chytiť sa
Slovene: ugrizniti (sl)
Turkish: yemek (tr)

sting

Armenian: կծել (hy) (kcel)
Bulgarian: хапя (bg) (hapja), жиля (bg) (žilja), щипя (bg) (štipja)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 咬 (ngaau⁵), 叮 (yue) (deng¹)
Mandarin: 咬 (zh) (yǎo), 叮 (zh) (dīng)
Czech: kousat (cs)
Egyptian:

(pzḥ)
Finnish: pistää (fi), puraista (fi)
French: mordre (fr), piquer (fr)
Galician: picar (gl)
German: beißen (de)
Greek: τσιμπάω (el) (tsimpáo)
Hungarian: csíp (hu), megcsíp (hu)
Italian: pungere (it)
Korean: 물다 (ko) (mulda), 쏘다 (ko) (ssoda)
Latin: īcō
Luxembourgish: bäissen
Macedonian: каса (kasa), боде (bode)
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Maori: tītope, wero
Mongolian: хатгах (mn) (xatgax), хазах (mn) (xazax)
Norwegian: bite (no)
Persian: نیش زدن‎ (fa) (niš zadan), گزیدن‎ (fa) (gazidan)
Polish: kąsać (pl) impf, ukąsić (pl) pf, żądlić (pl) impf, użądlić (pl) pf
Portuguese: picar (pt), morder (pt)
Romanian: mușca (ro), înțepa (ro)
Russian: куса́ть (ru) impf (kusátʹ), укуси́ть (ru) pf (ukusítʹ), жа́лить (ru) impf (žálitʹ), ужа́лить (ru) pf (užálitʹ)
Slovak: štípať, uštipnúť, pichnúť
Spanish: picar (es)
Swahili: -uma (sw)
Telugu: కుట్టు (te) (kuṭṭu)
Turkish: sokmak (tr), ısırmak (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Interlingua: (as of snakes) ^{(please verify)} piccar
Romanian: (4) ^{(please verify)} adera (ro)
Tupinambá: ^{(please verify)} su'u

Noun

bite (plural bites)

The act of biting.
- 1653, Iz[aak] Wa[lton], chapter VIII, in The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, […], London: […] T. Maxey for Rich[ard] Marriot, […], OCLC 1097101645; reprinted as The Compleat Angler (Homo Ludens; 6), Nieuwkoop, South Holland, Netherlands: Miland Publishers, 1969, →ISBN:
  […] I have knowne a very good Fiſher angle diligently four or ſix hours in a day, for three or four dayes together for a River Carp, and not have a bite […]
The wound left behind after having been bitten.
That snake bite really hurts!
The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
After just one night in the jungle I was covered with mosquito bites.
A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
There were only a few bites left on the plate.
(slang) Something unpleasant.
That's really a bite!
(slang) An act of plagiarism.
That song is a bite of my song!
A small meal or snack.
I'll have a quick bite to quiet my stomach until dinner.
(figuratively) aggression
- 2011 March 2, Saj Chowdhury, “Man City 3 - 0 Aston Villa”, in BBC‎:
  City scored the goals but periods of ball possession were shared - the difference being Villa lacked bite in the opposition final third.
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.
- 1725, Thomas Gordon, The Humorist
  The baser methods of getting money by fraud and bite, by deceiving and overreaching.
(colloquial, dated, slang) A sharper; one who cheats.
- 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, “Pickle Seems Tolerably Well Reconciled to His Cage; […] ”, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume IV, London: Harrison and Co., […], published 1781, OCLC 316121541, page 385, column 1:
  [I]t was conjectured, that Peregrine was a bite from the beginning, who had found credit on account of his effrontery and appearance, and impoſed himſelf upon the town as a young gentleman of fortune.
(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.
- 1951, William S. Burroughs, in Harris (ed.), Letters 1945–59, Penguin 2009, p. 92:
  I know three Americans who are running a bar. The cops come in all the time for a bite.
(television) Short for sound bite.
- 2015, Robert A. Papper, Broadcast News and Writing Stylebook
  cold open: Starting a TV newscast with video or a bite from the lead story rather than starting with the anchor or the standard show open.

Synonyms

(act of biting):
(wound left behind after having been bitten):
(swelling caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting): sting
(piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting): mouthful
(slang: something unpleasant):
(slang: act of plagiarism):
(small meal or snack): snack
(figuratively: aggression):

Derived terms

Terms derived from bite (noun senses)

all bark and no bite
bee bite
bite at the apple
bite at the cherry
bite cell
bite indicator
bitemark
bite of the apple
bite of the cherry
bite of the reality sandwich
bite point
bite-size
bite-sized
bite stick
bite to eat
bite wing
claiming bite
cow bite
crossbite
crossbite
dry bite
eat an elephant one bite at a time
fight bite
first bite free
forebite
have a bite
in one bite
love bite
mating bite
mosquito bite
one's bark is worse than one's bite
open bite
overbite
put the bite on
rat-bite fever
scissor bite
scissors bite
shark-bite
shark bite
snake-bite, snakebite
sound bite
stork bite
take a bite
take a bite out of
tax bite
tick bite
tick-bite fever
underbite

Related terms

beetle
bit

Descendants

Sranan Tongo: beti

Translations

act of biting

Bulgarian: ухапване (bg) n (uhapvane)
Catalan: mossegada (ca) f
Danish: bid (da) n
Dutch: bijten (nl) n
Finnish: puraisu (fi)
French: morsure (fr) f
Galician: mordedura f, mordida f, mordedela f, chantada (gl) f, trabada (gl) f
German: Biss (de) m
Greek: δάγκωμα (el) (dágkoma), δαγκωματιά (el) (dagkomatiá)
Hebrew: נגיסה‎ f (n'gisá) (biting food), נשיכה‎ f (n'shikhá) (biting skin)
Italian: morso (it) m, puntura (it) f, morsicatura (it) f
Korean: 묾 (mum)
Luxembourgish: Bëss m
Macedonian: гриз m (griz), гризење n (grizenje)
Mongolian: зуулт (mn) (zuult)
Norwegian: biting (no) m
Polish: ugryzienie (pl) m
Portuguese: mordedura f, mordida (pt) f (Brazil)
Romanian: mușcătură (ro) f
Russian: уку́с (ru) m (ukús)
Slovak: uhryznutie, hryzenie, kúsanie
Slovene: ugriz (sl) m
Spanish: mordida (es) f, mordedura f, mordisco (es) m
Swedish: bitande (sv) c
Turkish: ısırık (tr)

wound left behind after having been bitten

Afrikaans: byt
Armenian: խայթոց (hy) (xaytʿocʿ)
Bulgarian: ухапване (bg) n (uhapvane)
Danish: bid (da) n
Dutch: beet (nl) m
Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} mordo
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: purema (fi)
French: morsure (fr) f
Galician: trabada (gl) f
German: Biss (de) m
Greek: δάγκωμα (el) (dágkoma)
Ancient: δῆγμα n (dêgma)
Italian: morsicatura (it) f
Japanese: 咬傷 (ja) (こうしょう, kōshō)
Korean: 물린 데 (mullin de)
Latin: morsus m
Latvian: kodums
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Luxembourgish: Bëss m
Macedonian: гриз m (griz)
Maori: wero
Mongolian: зуулт (mn) (zuult)
Norwegian: bitt (no) n
Polish: ugryzienie (pl) n
Portuguese: mordedura f, mordida (pt) f (Brazil)
Romanian: mușcătură (ro) f
Russian: уку́с (ru) m (ukús)
Slovene: ugriz (sl) m
Spanish: mordedura f, picadura (es) f
Swedish: bett (sv) n
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Tocharian B: ādañc
Turkish: ısırık (tr)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting

Arabic:
Hijazi Arabic: قَرْصة‎ f (garṣa)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 𧕴 (naan³)
Dutch: beet (nl) m
Finnish: purema (fi)
French: piqûre (fr) f
Galician: picada f
German: Stich (de) m
Greek: τσίμπημα (el) (tsímpima)
Italian: puntura (it) f, bozzo m, segno (it) m, escrescenza (it) f
Latin: ictus m
Luxembourgish: Stach m
Macedonian: гриз m (griz)
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Norman: pitcheuse f
Norwegian: stikk (no) n, bitt (no) n
Polish: ukąszenie (pl) n
Portuguese: picada (pt) f
Romanian: mușcătură (ro) f
Russian: уку́с (ru) m (ukús)
Slovak: štípanec
Spanish: mordedura f, picadura (es) f
Swedish: bett (sv) n, stick (sv) n
Turkish: ısırık (tr)

mouthful

Arabic:
Hijazi Arabic: لُقْمة‎ f (lugma)
Bulgarian: хапка (bg) f (hapka)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 啖 (yue) (daam⁶)
Hakka: 口 (héu)
Mandarin: 口 (zh) (kǒu)
Min Nan: 喙 (zh-min-nan) (chhùi)
Danish: bid (da) c
Dutch: hap (nl) m
Finnish: suupala (fi)
French: bouchée (fr) f
Georgian: ლუკმა (luḳma)
German: Bissen (de) m
Greek: μπουκιά (el) (boukiá)
Italian: boccone (it) m
Luxembourgish: Maufel m
Macedonian: залак m (zalak), касај m (kasaj)
Mongolian: үмх (mn) (ümx)
Norwegian: tygge (no) m, munnfull (no) m
Polish: kęs (pl) m
Portuguese: bocado (pt) m
Quechua: khachu
Romanian: înghițitură (ro) f
Russian: кусок (ru) m (kusok)
Sicilian: vuccuni (scn) m
Slovak: sústo
Slovene: grižjaj m
Swedish: tugga (sv) c, munsbit (sv) c
Turkish: lokma (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} morsura, (as of snakes) ^{(please verify)} piccatura
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} కాటు (te) (kāṭu), ^{(please verify)} గాటు (te) (gāṭu)
Tupinambá: (t-) ^{(please verify)} ãîbora

Anagrams

EBIT, Ebit, ebit, tebi-

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbɪtɛ]
Homophone: byte

Noun

bite

vocative singular of bit

French

Alternative forms

bitte

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bit/
Audio (file)

Noun

bite f (plural bites)

(slang, vulgar) knob, cock, dick
- 2006, “Je veux te voir”, in Pop Up, performed by Yelle:
  Je veux te voir / Dans un film pornographique / En action avec ta bite / Forme potatoes ou bien frites
  (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 2012, “Wesh Morray”, in Futur, performed by Booba:
  J'sors ma bite je la baise, tu sors ton biff tu la sors
  (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 2015 [2004], Stéphane Dompierre, Un petit pas pour l'homme, →ISBN, page 57:
  J’ai la bite tellement raide que si son copain passe, il pourra me l’arracher et me péter les dents avec. Je vis dans un film érotique et je ne baise pas. Je n’y comprends rien.
  (please add an English translation of this quote)
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mise à frotter sa grosse bite.
He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big cock.

Derived terms

garage à bites
penser avec sa bite
petite bite
teub

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, Payap University, page 74

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bitē (compare Lithuanian bitė), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰey-, *bʰī-. Cognate to English bee.

Noun

bite f (5th declension)

bee

Declension

Declension of bite (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	bite	bites
accusative (akuzatīvs)	biti	bites
genitive (ģenitīvs)	bites	bišu
dative (datīvs)	bitei	bitēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	biti	bitēm
locative (lokatīvs)	bitē	bitēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	bite	bites

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

From Proto-Huitoto-Ocaina *bíʔte.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbi.tɛ]
Hyphenation: bi‧te

Verb

bite

(intransitive) To come.

Derived terms

biya

References

Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎ (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.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 76

Neapolitan

Noun

bite

plural of bita

North Frisian

Verb

bite

(Halligen), (Mooring) To bite.

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

Alternative forms

bita (a infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse bíta, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). Akin to English bite.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²biːtɑ/

Verb

bite (present tense bit, past tense beit, supine bite, past participle biten, present participle bitande, imperative bit)

to bite

References

“bite” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *biti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbi.te/

Noun

bite m

bite

Descendants

Middle English: bitte, bite (merged with descendant of Old English bita)
- Scots: bit
- English: bit

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbi.tɛ/
Rhymes: -itɛ
Syllabification: bi‧te

Participle

bite

inflection of bity:
1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Turkish

Noun

bite

dative singular of bit

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian bīta.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbitə/

Verb

bite

To bite.

Inflection

Strong class 1
infinitive	bite
3rd singular past	biet
past participle	biten
infinitive	bite
long infinitive	biten
gerund	biten n
auxiliary	hawwe
indicative	present tense	past tense
1st singular	byt	biet
2nd singular	bytst	bietst
3rd singular	byt	biet
plural	bite	bieten

imperative	byt

participles	bitend	biten

bite

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Noun

Synonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Translations

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Further reading

Garo

Etymology

Noun

Italian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Khumi Chin

Pronunciation

Adjective

Related terms

References

Latvian

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Derived terms

References

Neapolitan

Noun

North Frisian

Verb

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Verb

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

References

Old English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Descendants

Polish

Pronunciation

Participle

Turkish

Noun

West Frisian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Inflection

Further reading