FromMiddle English bitter bittre Old English bitter biter ( “ bitter ” ) , fromProto-West Germanic *bitr Proto-Germanic *bitraz ( “ bitter ” ) , equivalent tobite -er ( agent noun suffix ) used attributively. Cognate withSaterland Frisian bitter West Frisian bitter Low German bitter Dutch bitter German bitter Swedish bitter Icelandic bitur
bitter (comparative morebitter or bitterer superlative mostbitter or bitterest
Having anacrid taste (usually from abasic substance).The coffee tastedbitter .
1907 Robert W[illiam] Chambers , chapter III, inThe Younger Set , New York, N.Y.:D. Appleton & Company ,→OCLC Long after his cigar burntbitter , he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth [ …]
Harsh ,piercing ,acerbic orstinging .1999 ,Neil Gaiman ,Stardust , p.31 (Perennial paperback edition)It was at the end of February, [ …] when the world was cold, and abitter wind howled down the moors [ …] Hateful orhostile .They'rebitter enemies.
2022 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 3-1 Tottenham: Gunners show identity & direction in outstanding derby win”, inBBC Sport [1] Tottenham have not won in the Premier League at Emirates Stadium for 12 years, with Arsenal losing just one of their last 29 home league games against theirbitter rivals.
Cynical andresentful .I've beenbitter ever since that defeat.
The one-word compared formsbitterer bitterest more bitter andmost bitter . having an acrid taste
Aklanon:mapait Albanian:hidhur (sq) Amharic:መራራ ( märara ) Arabic:مُرّ (ar) ( murr ) Egyptian Arabic:مر ( murr ) Argobba:መራራ ( märārā ) Armenian:դառն (hy) ( daṙn ) ,կծու (hy) ( kcu ) ,մռու (hy) ( mṙu ) Aromanian:amar Assamese:তিতা ( tita ) Asturian:amargu (ast) Azerbaijani:acı (az) ,mürr Basque:mingots Belarusian:го́ркі ( hórki ) Bengali:তিতা (bn) ( tita ) Bhojpuri:तीत ( tīt ) Bikol Central:mapait Breton:c'hwerv (br) Buginese:pai Bulgarian:горчив (bg) ( gorčiv ) Burmese:ခါး (my) ( hka: ) Catalan:amarg (ca) Cebuano:pait Chamicuro:pshawa Chechen:къаьхьа ( qʼäḥʳa ) Chinese:Cantonese:苦 ( fu2 ) Mandarin:苦澀 / 苦涩 (zh) ( kǔsè ) ,苦 (zh) ( kǔ ) Czech:hořký (cs) m Dalmatian:amur amuor marcus Danish:bitter (da) Dutch:bitter (nl) Dzongkha:ཁག་དྲགས ( khag drags ) Esperanto:amara (eo) Estonian:mõru kibe (et) Even:гот ( got ) Ewe:veve Faroese:beiskur Fijian:qona Finnish:kitkerä (fi) ,karvas (fi) French:amer (fr) Friulian:amar amâr Galician:amargo (gl) Gallurese:ràncicu Georgian:მწარე ( mc̣are ) German:bitter (de) ;( in a pleasant way, as in beer ) herb (de) Gothic:𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍂𐍃 ( baitrs ) Greek:πικρός (el) m ( pikrós ) Ancient:πικρός ( pikrós ) Guaraní:ro Hebrew:מַר (he) m ( mar ) ,מרה (he) f ( mará ) ,מָרִיר (he) m ( marír ) ,מרירה f ( merirá ) Higaonon:mapait Hiligaynon:mapait Hindi:कड़वा (hi) ( kaṛvā ) ,कड़ा (hi) ( kaṛā ) ,कटु (hi) ( kaṭu ) ,तल्ख (hi) ( talkh ) Hungarian:keserű (hu) Icelandic:beiskur Ido:bitra (io) Indonesian:pahit (id) Ingrian:karkia Ingush:къахьа ( qʼaḥʳa ) Interlingua:amar (ia) Irish:searbh goirt domlasta Italian:amaro (it) m amara (it) f Ivatan:makpad Japanese:苦い (ja) ( にがい, nigai ) Javanese:pait (jv) Kapampangan:mapait Kazakh:ащы ( aşy ) ,ашты ( aşty ) Khiamniungan Naga:khōushāk Khmer:ចត់ (km) ( cɑt ) ,ជូរ (km) ( cuu ) Korean:쓰다 (ko) ( sseuda ) Kurdish:Central Kurdish:تاڵ ( tall ) Northern Kurdish:tal (ku) Kyrgyz:ачуу (ky) ( acuu ) Lao:ຂົມ (lo) ( khom ) Latgalian:ryugts m Latin:amārus (la) Latvian:rūgts (lv) ,sīvs (lv) ,sūrs Lombard:amar mar (lmo) Low German:bitter (nds) Macedonian:горчлив ( gorčliv ) Makasar:pai Malay:pahit (ms) Malayalam:കയ്പ്പ് ( kayppŭ ) Maltese:morr Manchu:ᡤᠣᠰᡳᡥᠣᠨ ( gosihon ) Mansaka:pait Mansi:Northern Mansi:восьрамыӈ ( vosʹramyň ) Maranao:mapa'it Marathi:कडू (mr) ( kaḍū ) Mbyá Guaraní:ai Mongolian:гашуун (mn) ( gašuun ) Nanai:гочиси ( gočisi ) Naxi:ka Norman:amé Norwegian:bitter (no) Nǀuu:ǁxʼaaqʻi Occitan:amar (oc) Odia:କଟୁ (or) ( kaṭu ) ,ତିକ୍ତ (or) ( tikta ) Ojibwe:wiisagi- Old Church Slavonic:Cyrillic:горькъ ( gorĭkŭ ) Old English:āfor Old Javanese:pahit Ottoman Turkish:آجی ( acı ) Persian:تلخ (fa) ( talx ) Plautdietsch:betta Polish:gorzki (pl) Portuguese:amargo (pt) Quechua:k'allku Romanian:amar (ro) Russian:го́рький (ru) ( górʹkij ) Sanskrit:तिक्त (sa) ( tikta ) Sardinian:Campidanese:amargu Logudorese:rànzigu rànchiu Sassarese:rànzigu Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:горак грк трпак опор Roman:gorak (sh) ,grk (sh) ,trpak (sh) ,opor (sh) Sicilian:amaru (scn) Slovak:horký Slovene:grenak (sl) Somali:qadhaadh (so) Sorbian:Lower Sorbian:górki Upper Sorbian:hórki jěrki Spanish:amargo (es) ,acibarado (es) ,amargoso (es) ,amaro (es) ( disused ) Swedish:bitter (sv) ,besk (sv) Tagalog:mapait Tajik:талх (tg) ( talx ) Tausug:mapait Tedim Chin:kha Telugu:చేదు (te) ( cēdu ) Thai:ขม (th) ( kǒm ) Tongan:kava Turkish:acı (tr) ,keskin (tr) ,acılı (tr) ,yakıcı (tr) ,sert (tr) ,şiddetli (tr) ,iliklere işleyen Turkmen:ajy (tk) Ugaritic:𐎎𐎗 ( mr ) Ukrainian:гірки́й ( hirkýj ) Urdu:کڑوا ( kaṛvā ) Uzbek:achchiq (uz) Vietnamese:đắng (vi) Welsh:chwerw (cy) Yakut:аһыы ( ahıı ) Yiddish:ביטער ( biter ) Zazaki:tun (diq) Zou:khe
harsh, piercing or stinging
Arabic:أَلِيم ( ʔalīm ) Armenian:սուր (hy) ( sur ) ,ծակող (hy) ( cakoġ ) ,դաժան (hy) ( dažan ) ,անողոք (hy) ( anoġokʻ ) ,սաստիկ (hy) ( sastik ) Bulgarian:остър (bg) ( ostǎr ) Chinese:Mandarin:苦 (zh) ( kǔ ) ,嚴酷 / 严酷 (zh) ( yánkù ) Danish:bidende Dutch:scherp (nl) Finnish:terävä (fi) French:dur (fr) ,sévère (fr) ,rude (fr) German:bitter (de) ,arg (de) ,harsch (de) ,hart (de) Greek:πικρός (el) m ( pikrós ) Hindi:तीव्र (hi) ( tīvra ) ,उग्र (hi) ( ugra ) Hungarian:metsző (hu) Irish:Old Irish:aicher Italian:aspro (it) ,( of weather ) gelido (it) Japanese:激しい (ja) ( はげしい, hageshii ) ,過酷な (ja) ( かこくな, kakoku na ) ,荒々しい (ja) ( あらあらしい, araarashii ) Latin:acerbus (la) Marathi:तीव्र ( tīvra ) ,उग्र ( ugra ) Ottoman Turkish:آجی ( acı ) Portuguese:agudo (pt) ,penetrante (pt) Russian:го́рький (ru) ( górʹkij ) ,мучи́тельный (ru) ( mučítelʹnyj ) ,суро́вый (ru) ( suróvyj )
hateful or hostile
Arabic:مَقِيت ( maqīt ) ,مَمْقُوت ( mamqūt ) Armenian:չար (hy) ( čʻar ) ,ամենաչար ( amenačʻar ) Bulgarian:злобен (bg) ( zloben ) ,враждебен (bg) ( vraždeben ) Catalan:hostil Chinese:Mandarin:可恨 (zh) ( kěhèn ) ,可惡 / 可恶 (zh) ( kěwù ) ,( hostile ) 懷敵意 / 怀敌意 (zh) ( huáidíyì ) Danish:bitter (da) Dutch:bitter (nl) Finnish:katkera (fi) French:haineux (fr) ,haïssable (fr) ,odieux (fr) ,( hostile ) hostile (fr) German:erbittert (de) ,verhasst (de) ,hässlich (de) ,( hostile ) feindlich (de) Hindi:ईर्ष्यालु (hi) ( īrṣyālu ) Hungarian:elkeseredett (hu) Japanese:憎らしい (ja) ( nikurashii ) ,いやな ( iya na ) ,( hostile ) 敵対 (ja) ( tekitai ) Khiamniungan Naga:khōushāk Latin:asper Maori:pūraurau ( referring to feelings and words ) Marathi:कट्टर ( kaṭṭar ) Norwegian:bitter (no) Portuguese:encarniçado Russian:зло́бный (ru) ( zlóbnyj ) ,злой (ru) ( zloj ) ,ненави́стный (ru) ( nenavístnyj ) ,вражде́бный (ru) ( vraždébnyj ) Serbo-Croatian:ljȗt (sh) Swedish:bitter (sv) Telugu:చేదు (te) ( cēdu )
Translations to be checked
bitter (countable anduncountable plural bitters
( usually in the pluralbitters ) 1773 She Stoops to Conquer Thus I begin: "All is not gold that glitters,bitters .
A type ofbeer heavily flavored withhops . ( nautical ) turn of acable about thebitts .liquid or powder used in mixed drinks or as tonic
bitter (third-person singular simple present bitters present participle bittering simple past and past participle bittered
To make bitter.1766 Tutamen Nauticum :bittered with the hop
Frombit -er
bitter (plural bitters
( computing , informal , in combination) hardware system whosearchitecture is based around units of the specified number ofbits ( binary digits ) .1983 Computerworld , volume17 , number49 , page21 :However, 16-bitters are far more expensive than the 8-bit variety. And, unfortunately, have only a handful of business applications software packages that really take advantage of them.
1984 Electronic Business , volume10 , page154 :The company believes that the 32-bit market will almost equal that of 16-bitters by the end of the decade. Chip maker Zilog Inc., not a major player in the 16-bit arena, is even more bullish about 32-bitters as it readies its own version for market.
FromDutch bitter Middle Dutch bitter Old Dutch bitter Proto-West Germanic *bitr
bitter (attributive bitter or bittere comparative bitterder superlative bitterste
bitter very Borrowed fromMiddle Low German bitter
bitter
bitter 1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
bitter c singular definite bitteren plural indefinite bittere
bitter ( the liquid used in drinks ) A bitter form of anaquavit Borrowed fromEnglish bitter
bitter c
bitter ( type of beer - only known generally in Denmark for a few years ) FromMiddle Dutch bitter Old Dutch bitter Proto-West Germanic *bitr
bitter (comparative bitterder superlative bitterst
bitter bitter,embittered bitter m or n plural bitters diminutive bittertje n
bitters , a type of strongspirits made bysteeping (often bitter)herbs inbrandy orjenever , traditionally considered adigestive drinkSynonym: kruidenbitter Zonder zijn gebruikelijkebittertje om vier uur voelde Opa zich niet lekker. ―Without his regularshot ofbitter at four o'clock, Grandpa wouldn't feel well. When used in a countable sense (a serving ofbitter ), the diminutive is the usual form.
FromEnglish bitter
bitter
bitter ( type of beer ) bitter
( transitive , slang ) understand , usually used in negative form and especially withrien Synonym: comprendre J’ai rienbitté au cours. I got nothing of the class infinitive simple bitter compound avoir present participle orgerund 1 simple bittant /bi.tɑ̃/ compound ayant past participle bitté /bi.te/ singular plural first second third first second third indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles (simple present bitte /bit/ bittes /bit/ bitte /bit/ bittons /bi.tɔ̃/ bittez /bi.te/ bittent /bit/ imperfect bittais /bi.tɛ/ bittais /bi.tɛ/ bittait /bi.tɛ/ bittions /bi.tjɔ̃/ bittiez /bi.tje/ bittaient /bi.tɛ/ past historic 2 bittai /bi.te/ bittas /bi.ta/ bitta /bi.ta/ bittâmes /bi.tam/ bittâtes /bi.tat/ bittèrent /bi.tɛʁ/ future bitterai /bi.tʁe/ bitteras /bi.tʁa/ bittera /bi.tʁa/ bitterons /bi.tʁɔ̃/ bitterez /bi.tʁe/ bitteront /bi.tʁɔ̃/ conditional bitterais /bi.tʁɛ/ bitterais /bi.tʁɛ/ bitterait /bi.tʁɛ/ bitterions /bi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ bitteriez /bi.tə.ʁje/ bitteraient /bi.tʁɛ/ (compound present perfect present indicative ofavoir pluperfect imperfect indicative ofavoir past anterior 2 past historic ofavoir future perfect future ofavoir conditional perfect conditional ofavoir subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles (simple present bitte /bit/ bittes /bit/ bitte /bit/ bittions /bi.tjɔ̃/ bittiez /bi.tje/ bittent /bit/ imperfect 2 bittasse /bi.tas/ bittasses /bi.tas/ bittât /bi.ta/ bittassions /bi.ta.sjɔ̃/ bittassiez /bi.ta.sje/ bittassent /bi.tas/ (compound past present subjunctive ofavoir pluperfect 2 imperfect subjunctive ofavoir imperative – tu – nous vous – simple — bitte /bit/ — bittons /bi.tɔ̃/ bittez /bi.te/ — compound — simple imperative ofavoir — simple imperative ofavoir simple imperative ofavoir — 1 The French gerund is usable only with the prepositionen 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 ).
FromMiddle High German bitter pitter Old High German bittar Proto-West Germanic *bitr
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bitter (strong nominative masculine singular bitterer comparative bitterer superlative am bittersten
bitter Comparative forms ofbitter
Superlative forms ofbitter
bitter
bitterly Synonym: verbittert Pseudo-anglicism , a clipping ofEnglish bitters
bitter m invariable
bitters FromOld Dutch bitter Proto-West Germanic *bitr
bitter
bitter ( taste ) sad ,painful This adjective needs aninflection-table template .
FromMiddle Low German bitter Old Norse bitr
bitter (neuter singular bittert definite singular and plural bitre comparative bitrere indefinite superlative bitrest definite superlative bitreste
bitter FromMiddle Low German bitter Old Norse bitr
bitter (neuter singular bittert definite singular and plural bitre comparative bitrare indefinite superlative bitrast definite superlative bitraste
bitter FromProto-West Germanic *bitr Proto-Germanic *bitraz
bitter
bitter Declension ofbitter
“bitter ”, inOudnederlands Woordenboek ,2012 bitter
Alternative form ofbiter Declension ofbitter — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative bitter bitteru bitru bittero bitro bitter Accusative bitterne bittere bitre bitter Genitive bitteres bitres bitterre bitteres bitres Dative bitterum bitrum bitterre bitterum bitrum Instrumental bittere bitre bitterre bittere bitre Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative bittere bitre bittera bitra bittere bitre bitteru bitru bittero bitro Accusative bittere bitre bittera bitra bittere bitre bitteru bitru bittero bitro Genitive bitterra bitterra bitterra Dative bitterum bitrum bitterum bitrum bitterum bitrum Instrumental bitterum bitrum bitterum bitrum bitterum bitrum
Declension ofbitter — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative bittera bitra bittere bitre bittere bitre Accusative bitteran bitran bitteran bitran bittere bitre Genitive bitteran bitran bitteran bitran bitteran bitran Dative bitteran bitran bitteran bitran bitteran bitran Instrumental bitteran bitran bitteran bitran bitteran bitran Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative bitteran bitran bitteran bitran bitteran bitran Accusative bitteran bitran bitteran bitran bitteran bitran Genitive bitterra bitterena bitrena bitterra bitterena bitrena bitterra bitterena bitrena Dative bitterum bitrum bitterum bitrum bitterum bitrum Instrumental bitterum bitrum bitterum bitrum bitterum bitrum
bitter
Alternative form ofbittar Joseph Wright,An Old High German Primer FromOld Norse bitr Middle Low German bitter Proto-Germanic *bitraz
bitter (comparative bittrare superlative bittrast
bitter acrid tastebitter hateful bitter resentful 1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.2 Dated or archaic.3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
