spore
English edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin spora, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed”), related to σπόρος (spóros, “sowing”) and σπείρω (speírō, “to sow”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to strew”) (compare English spread).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: spô, IPA(key): /spɔː/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) enPR: spôr, IPA(key): /spɔɹ/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: spōr, IPA(key): /spo(ː)ɹ/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /spoə/
- Homophone: spoor (accents with the pour–poor merger)
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Noun edit
spore (plural spores)
- A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another.
- 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Thresher Maws Codex entry:
- Thresher maws are subterranean carnivores that spend their entire lives eating or searching for something to eat. Threshers reproduce via spores that lie dormant for millennia, yet are robust enough to survive prolonged periods in deep space and atmospheric re-entry. As a result, thresher spores appear on many worlds, spread by previous generations of space travelers.
- A thick resistant particle produced by a bacterium or protist to survive in harsh or unfavorable conditions.
Derived terms edit
- acrospore
- aeciospore
- amerospore
- androspore
- aneuspory
- anisospore
- aplanospore
- archeospore
- arthrospore
- ascospore
- asexual spore
- autospore
- auxospore
- ballistospore
- basidiospore
- bispore
- blastospore
- cheirospore
- chlamydospore
- cystospore
- dictyospore
- didymospore
- dinospore
- endospore
- epispore
- exospore
- exosporium
- forespore
- gymnospore
- gynandrosporous
- helicospore
- heterosporous
- homospore
- homosporous
- idioandrosporous
- isospore
- macrospore
- megaspore
- meiospore
- mesospore
- microspore
- milky spore
- monospore
- monosporic
- multispore
- mycosporine
- nonspore
- octospore
- oospore
- perispore
- phragmospore
- polyspore
- prespore
- prospore
- protospore
- pseudospore
- pycnospore
- resting spore
- scolecospore
- spermospore
- sporabola
- sporal
- sporangium
- sporation
- sporebearing
- spore case
- sporeformer
- sporeforming
- spore fruit
- sporeless
- sporelike
- sporeprint
- spore print
- sporicide
- sporiferous
- sporification
- sporo-
- sporogenesis
- sporoid
- sporology
- sporophyte
- sporous
- sporule
- staurospore
- swarm spore
- swarmspore
- tetraspore
- unispore
- uredospore
- zoospore
- zygospore
- zygotospore
Descendants edit
- → Thai: สปอร์ (sà-bpɔɔ)
Translations edit
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See also edit
Verb edit
spore (third-person singular simple present spores, present participle sporing, simple past and past participle spored)
- To produce spores.
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
- (spore):, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed, a sowing”).
- (spur):, from Old Norse spori, from Proto-Germanic *spurô.
Noun edit
spore c (singular definite sporen, plural indefinite sporer)
- spore (reproductive particle)
- spore (resistant particle produced by bacterium or protist)
- spur (a rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for purpose of prodding a horse)
- spur (anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does to a horse)
- spur (an appendage or spike pointing rearward, near the foot, for instance that of a rooster)
Inflection edit
Etymology 2 edit
- (to spur):, from spore (“spur”).
- (to trace):, from spor (“track, trail, scent”).
Verb edit
spore (imperative spor, infinitive at spore, present tense sporer, past tense sporede, perfect tense er/har sporet)
- spur (to prod)
- spur (to urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object; to incite; to stimulate; to instigate; to impel; to drive)
- trace (to follow the trail of)
- scent (to detect the scent of)
- feel, notice, perceive
Synonyms edit
See also edit
- spore on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
French edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin spora, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /spɔʁ/
Audio: (file) Audio (Switzerland): (file)
Noun edit
spore f (plural spores)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “spore”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
spore f
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English spora, spura, from Proto-West Germanic *spurō, from Proto-Germanic *spurô.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
spore (plural spores or sporen)
- A spur; a prod for horses at the back of one's shoes.
- A spur as a representation of knightly status.
- The spike of the claws of a rooster (or other bird).
- (rare) A low support made of wood.
- (heraldry, rare) A heraldic depiction of a spur.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “spōre, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-17.
Etymology 2 edit
From Old English spor, from Proto-Germanic *spurą; probably assimilated in phonological form to Etymology 1.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
spore
References edit
- “spōre, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-17.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
spore m (definite singular sporen, indefinite plural sporer, definite plural sporene)
- a spur
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá).
Noun edit
spore m (definite singular sporen, indefinite plural sporer, definite plural sporene)
Etymology 3 edit
From the noun spor.
Verb edit
spore (imperative spor, present tense sporer, passive spores, simple past spora or sporet or sporte, past participle spora or sporet or sport, present participle sporende)
Derived terms edit
References edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
spore m (definite singular sporen, indefinite plural sporar, definite plural sporane)
- a spur
Etymology 2 edit
From Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá).
Noun edit
spore m (definite singular sporen, indefinite plural sporar, definite plural sporane)
Etymology 3 edit
From Old Norse spora and the noun spor.
Verb edit
spore (present tense sporar, past tense spora, past participle spora, passive infinitive sporast, present participle sporande, imperative spore/spor)
Alternative forms edit
References edit
- “spore” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
spore
- inflection of spory:
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