--- title: "How to pronounce \"bitey\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"bitey\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/stUNPVMLHg4/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/bitey" --- # How to pronounce "bitey" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/[ˈbaɪ̯ɾi]/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **bi·tey** - **Stress**: **BI** — say this syllable louder and longer ## Meaning & Usage ### ADJECTIVE - Inclined to bite. - *Example*: "So when someone tells you their little trick for dealing with a bitey horse, just remember that that is what it is — a little trick." - Having a sharp or spicy flavor. ### NOUN - An animal that bites or stings. ### Example Sentences - "So when someone tells you their little trick for dealing with a bitey horse, just remember that that is what it is — a little trick." - "for venomous bitey or stingy things." - "short bursts these sound bitey moments um you know everybody getting their news even from you know" ### Common Phrases - sound bitey - bitey aggressive - venomous bitey - bitey moments - scary bitey - bitey bits ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (8 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "bitey" in real conversation: ### Example 1 *Accent: US* > "We’re not a hundred percent sure whether it was supposed to be slā with a diacritic, which meant earthworm, or sla, without the little line over it, which was a general term for venomous bitey or stingy things. Though we do know wyrm, with a Y, referred to both worms and elongated reptiles—hence the use of it nowadays to refer to serpent-y dragons." - **Watch at 5:09**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stUNPVMLHg4&t=309s) ### Example 2 *Accent: UK* > "short bursts these sound bitey moments um you know everybody getting their news even from you know" - **Watch at 22:09**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ_mHRJF7Jk&t=1329s) ### Example 3 > "a joke because I completed the thought. The joke tightens that up and then we move on, right? So, we go through this whole interview. And he mentions the current event and I have a little sound bitey thing about that. After the interview, people come up to me, you know what they said? They said, "Neil, you're such a natural and you have such good chemistry with Jon Stewart. My" - **Watch at 63:35**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yZiNnQftxU&t=3815s) ### Example 4 > "If there is a way to even practice ahead of time and get a little bit more sound bitey, if that makes sense," - **Watch at 30:57**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgy2_KUnEBA&t=1857s) ### Example 5 > "They're really social. And they don't get bitey aggressive, but they get very territorial." - **Watch at 40:39**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJrDIjlUEB0&t=2439s) ### Example 6 *Accent: US* > "In 2016, biologists observed three nymphs scaling underwater plants to line up with their targets and then leaping out of the water to grab onto full-grown frogs with their bitey bits." - **Watch at 1:00**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOe-lFF2XE4&t=60s) ### Example 7 *Accent: US* > "and I'm gonna say that anyone in the that's watching this that has one there you me like time because they can they can be quite bitey when they're young" - **Watch at 18:00**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSwWCJHHTGc&t=1080s) ### Example 8 *Accent: US* > "Long before T. rex, Allosaurus was the king of scary bitey things." - **Watch at 0:23**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0qjFbxu-Ik&t=23s) ## How to Pronounce "bitey" - **Syllables**: bi · tey - **Stress**: BI — say this syllable louder and longer - **IPA**: `/[ˈbaɪ̯ɾi]/` - **Listen for**: the stressed /BI/ in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Words ### Word Forms [biteyness](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/biteyness) ### Related Terms [soundbitey](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/soundbitey) ## Related Pronunciations [bialy](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/bialy), [bibe](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/bibe), [bice](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/bice), [bicep](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/bicep) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “bitey”? “bitey” is pronounced /[ˈbaɪ̯ɾi]/ (bi · tey). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “bitey”? “bitey” has 2 syllables: bi · tey. ### Where is the stress in “bitey”? The primary stress in “bitey” is on “BI”. Listen for that stressed syllable in the clips above. ### What does “bitey” mean? Inclined to bite. ### How can I hear “bitey” used in real sentences? This page has 8 real-world video examples of “bitey” with synchronized subtitles. 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