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spore

See also: Spore, S'pore, sporę, spoře, and споре

English edit

 
Fungus emiting spores.
 
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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).

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spore (plural spores)

  1. 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.
  2. A thick resistant particle produced by a bacterium or protist to survive in harsh or unfavorable conditions.

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  • → Thai: สปอร์ (sà-bpɔɔ)

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spore (third-person singular simple present spores, present participle sporing, simple past and past participle spored)

  1. To produce spores.

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  • IPA(key): /spoːrə/, [ˈsb̥oːɐ]

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spore c (singular definite sporen, plural indefinite sporer)

  1. spore (reproductive particle)
  2. spore (resistant particle produced by bacterium or protist)
  3. spur (a rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for purpose of prodding a horse)
  4. spur (anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does to a horse)
  5. spur (an appendage or spike pointing rearward, near the foot, for instance that of a rooster)
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Declension of spore
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative spore sporen sporer sporerne
genitive spores sporens sporers sporernes

Etymology 2 edit

  • (to spur):, from spore (“spur”).
  • (to trace):, from spor (“track, trail, scent”).

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spore (imperative spor, infinitive at spore, present tense sporer, past tense sporede, perfect tense er/har sporet)

  1. spur (to prod)
  2. 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)
  3. trace (to follow the trail of)
  4. scent (to detect the scent of)
  5. feel, notice, perceive
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Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin spora, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá).

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spore f (plural spores)

  1. spore

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  • IPA(key): /ˈspɔ.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɔre
  • Hyphenation: spò‧re

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spore f

  1. plural of spora

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Etymology 1 edit

From Old English spora, spura, from Proto-West Germanic *spurō, from Proto-Germanic *spurô.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈspɔːr(ə)/, /ˈspoːr(ə)/, /ˈspur(ə)/

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spore (plural spores or sporen)

  1. A spur; a prod for horses at the back of one's shoes.
  2. A spur as a representation of knightly status.
  3. The spike of the claws of a rooster (or other bird).
  4. (rare) A low support made of wood.
  5. (heraldry, rare) A heraldic depiction of a spur.
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Etymology 2 edit

From Old English spor, from Proto-Germanic *spurą; probably assimilated in phonological form to Etymology 1.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈspɔːr(ə)/, /ˈspoːr(ə)/, /ˈspur(ə)/

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spore

  1. (rare, in compounds) A track or trace.
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Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse spori.

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spore m (definite singular sporen, indefinite plural sporer, definite plural sporene)

  1. a spur
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Etymology 2 edit

From Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá).

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spore m (definite singular sporen, indefinite plural sporer, definite plural sporene)

  1. (biology) a spore

Etymology 3 edit

From the noun spor.

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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)

  1. to trace, track
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 ridespore on Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia
 spore til formeiring on Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse spori.

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spore m (definite singular sporen, indefinite plural sporar, definite plural sporane)

  1. a spur

Etymology 2 edit

From Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá).

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spore m (definite singular sporen, indefinite plural sporar, definite plural sporane)

  1. (biology) a spore

Etymology 3 edit

From Old Norse spora and the noun spor.

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spore (present tense sporar, past tense spora, past participle spora, passive infinitive sporast, present participle sporande, imperative spore/spor)

  1. to trace, track
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spore

  1. inflection of spory:
    1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
    2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural
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