pore

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English pouren from Old French, from Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος (poros, “passage”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)

• Homophones: pour, poor

Noun

Wikipedia pore (plural pores)

1. a tiny opening in the skin
2. by extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many or allowing passage of a fluid.

Translations

a tiny opening in the skin

Chinese: trad. and simpl. 毛孔 (pinyin: máokǒng) Czech: pór (cs) Dutch: porie (nl) Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: huokonen (fi) French: pore (fr) m. Georgian: ფორი (ka) (p’ori) German: Pore (de) f. Greek: πόρος (el) (póros) m. Hungarian: pórus (hu)

Italian: poro (it) m. Japanese: (kanji for 'secretion') -線 (ja) (-sen), (kanji for 'tiny opening') -孔 (ja) (-kou); (general) 小孔 (ja) (shōkō); (pore of the skin) 毛穴 (ja) (keana); (sweat pore) 皮脂腺 (ja) (hishi-sen); (stoma) 気孔 (ja) (kikō) Polish: por (pl) m. Portuguese: poro (pt) m. Russian: пора (ru) (póra) f. Spanish: poro (es) m. Swedish: por (sv) c.

by extension any small opening

French: pore (fr) m. Greek: πόρος (el) (póros) m. Hungarian: nyílás (hu) Japanese: (kanji for 'secretion') -線 (ja) (-sen)

Portuguese: poro (pt) m. Russian: пора (ru) (póra) f. Swedish: por (sv) c.

Etymology 2

Middle English pouren "to gaze intently, look closely" from Old English *purian, suggested by Old English spyrian "to investigate, examine". Akin to Middle Dutch poren "to pore, look", Old English spor "track, trace, vestige"

Verb

pore (third-person singular simple present pores, present participle poring, simple past and past participle pored)

1. to study meticulously; to go over again and again.
2. to meditate or reflect in a steady way.

Derived terms

• pore over

Translations

to study meticulously

Japanese: 熟考する (ja) (jukkō suru), 熟慮する (ja) (jukuryo suru)

Russian: тщательно изучать

to meditate or reflect in a steady way

Japanese: 熟考する (ja) (jukkō suru), 熟慮する (ja) (jukuryo suru)

Anagrams

• repo
• rope

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin porus from Ancient Greek πόρος (poros).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /poːrə/, [ˈpʰoːɐ]

Noun

pore c. (singular definite poren, plural indefinite porer)

1. pore (a tiny opening in the skin)

Inflection

    Inflection of pore

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	pore	poren	porer	porerne
genitive	pores	porens	porers	porernes

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος (poros, “passage”).

Noun

pore m. (plural pores)

1. pore (small opening in skin)
2. by extension, small openings

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Venetian

Adjective

pore f.

1. feminine plural form of poro