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.

Related terms

• porous

Translations

a tiny opening in the skin

• Arabic: مسام (ar) (masaam) f pl

  Egyptian Arabic: مسام (masaam) f pl

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 毛孔 (cmn) (máokǒng)

• Coptic: ⲥⲓⲗⲓ (sili) f
• 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

• Finnish: huokonen (fi)
• 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

From Middle English poren, pouren, puren (“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”), Dutch porren (“to poke, prod, stir, encourage, endeavour, attempt”), Low German purren (“to poke, stir”), Danish purre (“to poke, stir, rouse”), Swedish dialectal pora, pura, påra (“to work slowly and gradually, work deliberately”), Old English spor (“track, trace, vestige”). Compare also Middle English puren, piren (“to look, peer”). See peer.

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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Finnish

Noun

pore

1. bubble (gas bubble in water)
2. An area of molten water near the edge of ice in a melting lake.

Declension

Declension of pore (type hame) singular plural nominative pore poreet genitive poreen poreiden poreitten partitive poretta poreita accusative pore poreen poreet inessive poreessa poreissa elative poreesta poreista illative poreeseen poreisiin poreihin adessive poreella poreilla ablative poreelta poreilta allative poreelle poreille essive poreena poreina translative poreeksi poreiksi instructive – porein abessive poreetta poreitta comitative – poreineen

Synonyms

• (bubble): kupla

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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 of poro