pores

See also: -pores

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /pɔɹz/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɹz
• Homophone: pours
• Homophones: pause, paws (some accents)

Noun

pores

1. plural of pore
   • 1879, Th Du Moncel, The Telephone, the Microphone and the Phonograph, Harper, page 166:

     He takes the prepared charcoal used by artists, brings it to a white heat, and suddenly plunges it in a bath of mercury, of which the globules instantly penetrate the pores of charcoal, and may be said to metallize it.

Verb

pores

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pore

Anagrams

• OPers., Peros, Perso-, S'pore, Soper, Spero, opers, poser, preso, pro se, prose, reops, repos, ropes, soper, spore

Danish

Noun

pores c

1. indefinite genitive singular of pore

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

pores m

1. plural of pore

Anagrams

• perso, poser, prose, repos

Galician

Alternative forms

• poñeres

Verb

pores

1. second-person singular personal infinitive of pór
2. (reintegrationist norm) second-person singular personal infinitive of pôr

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.ɾis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.ɾis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.ɾiʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.ɾes/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.ɾɨʃ/

Verb

pores

1. second-person singular personal infinitive of pôr