B1noun · countable / uncountable · common

bitter

bit·ter

bitter · bitters

гіркота, гіркість

горечь

Bitterkeit, Bitternis

A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonicA liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.

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UK/ˈbɪt.ə/US/ˈbɪ.tɚ/

» The medicine tastes bitter.

Diese Medizin schmeckt bitter.

Это лекарство горькое на вкус.

Ці ліки гіркі на смак.

Мікстура має гіркий смак.

Мікстура гірка.

Meaning

4 senses

(countable, uncountable)A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.
(countable, uncountable)A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.
(countable, uncountable)A turn of a cable about the bitts.
(in compounds, informal)A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the specified number of bits (binary digits).

More definitions

the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)
the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

Examples

258 sentences

The medicine tastes bitter.
Ці ліки гіркі на смак.
ruЭто лекарство горькое на вкус.
deDiese Medizin schmeckt bitter.
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This medicine tastes bitter.
Ці ліки гіркі.
ruУ этого лекарства вкус горький.
deDiese Medizin schmeckt bitter.
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This coffee tastes bitter.
Ця кава гірка на смак.
ruУ этого кофе горький вкус.
deDieser Kaffee schmeckt bitter.
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This coffee is too bitter.
Ця кава занадто гірка.
ruЭтот кофе слишком горький.
deDieser Kaffee ist zu bitter.
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He had a bitter experience.
Він мав гіркий досвід.
ruУ него был горький опыт.
deEr machte eine bittere Erfahrung.
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Origin

From Middle English bitter, bittre, from Old English bitter, biter (“bitter”), from Proto-

From Middle English bitter, bittre, from Old English bitter, biter (“bitter”), from Proto-West Germanic *bitr, from Proto-Germanic *bitraz (“bitter”), equivalent to bite + -er (agent noun suffix) used attributively. Cognate with Saterland Frisian, West Frisian, Low German, Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish bitter, Icelandic bitur (all meaning “bitter”).

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