Bite

"Bite" in French

bouchée

(mouthful)

morsure

(act of biting)

morsure

(wound left behind after having been bitten)

piqûre

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

garder

(take hold)

maintenir

(take hold)

marcher

(fall for a deception)

mordre

(cut into by clamping the teeth)

mordre

(hold something by clamping one’s teeth)

mordre

(attack with the teeth — see also maul)

mordre

(bite a baited hook or other lure)

mordre

(fall for a deception)

mordre

(sting)

piquer

(sting)

tomber dans le panneau

(fall for a deception)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.