spora

See also: sporą, spóra, and спора

Finnish

Alternative forms

• spåra

Etymology

Clipping of Swedish spårvagn (“a tram”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsporɑ/, [ˈs̠po̞rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -orɑ
• Syllabification^(key): spo‧ra
• Hyphenation^(key): spo‧ra

Noun

spora (colloquial)

1. (Helsinki slang) synonym of raitiovaunu (“tram”)

Declension

Inflection of spora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		spora	sporat
genitive		sporan	sporien
partitive		sporaa	sporia
illative		sporaan	sporiin
		singular	plural
nominative		spora	sporat
accusative	nom.	spora	sporat
	gen.	sporan
genitive		sporan	sporien sporain rare
partitive		sporaa	sporia
inessive		sporassa	sporissa
elative		sporasta	sporista
illative		sporaan	sporiin
adessive		sporalla	sporilla
ablative		sporalta	sporilta
allative		sporalle	sporille
essive		sporana	sporina
translative		sporaksi	sporiksi
abessive		sporatta	sporitta
instructive		—	sporin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of spora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative sporani sporani accusative nom. sporani sporani gen. sporani genitive sporani sporieni sporaini rare partitive sporaani sporiani inessive sporassani sporissani elative sporastani sporistani illative sporaani sporiini adessive sporallani sporillani ablative sporaltani sporiltani allative sporalleni sporilleni essive sporanani sporinani translative sporakseni sporikseni abessive sporattani sporittani instructive — — comitative — sporineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative sporasi sporasi accusative nom. sporasi sporasi gen. sporasi genitive sporasi sporiesi sporaisi rare partitive sporaasi sporiasi inessive sporassasi sporissasi elative sporastasi sporistasi illative sporaasi sporiisi adessive sporallasi sporillasi ablative sporaltasi sporiltasi allative sporallesi sporillesi essive sporanasi sporinasi translative sporaksesi sporiksesi abessive sporattasi sporittasi instructive — — comitative — sporinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative sporamme sporamme accusative nom. sporamme sporamme gen. sporamme genitive sporamme sporiemme sporaimme rare partitive sporaamme sporiamme inessive sporassamme sporissamme elative sporastamme sporistamme illative sporaamme sporiimme adessive sporallamme sporillamme ablative sporaltamme sporiltamme allative sporallemme sporillemme essive sporanamme sporinamme translative sporaksemme sporiksemme abessive sporattamme sporittamme instructive — — comitative — sporinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative sporanne sporanne accusative nom. sporanne sporanne gen. sporanne genitive sporanne sporienne sporainne rare partitive sporaanne sporianne inessive sporassanne sporissanne elative sporastanne sporistanne illative sporaanne sporiinne adessive sporallanne sporillanne ablative sporaltanne sporiltanne allative sporallenne sporillenne essive sporananne sporinanne translative sporaksenne sporiksenne abessive sporattanne sporittanne instructive — — comitative — sporinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative sporansa sporansa accusative nom. sporansa sporansa gen. sporansa genitive sporansa sporiensa sporainsa rare partitive sporaansa sporiaan sporiansa inessive sporassaan sporassansa sporissaan sporissansa elative sporastaan sporastansa sporistaan sporistansa illative sporaansa sporiinsa adessive sporallaan sporallansa sporillaan sporillansa ablative sporaltaan sporaltansa sporiltaan sporiltansa allative sporalleen sporallensa sporilleen sporillensa essive sporanaan sporanansa sporinaan sporinansa translative sporakseen sporaksensa sporikseen sporiksensa abessive sporattaan sporattansa sporittaan sporittansa instructive — — comitative — sporineen sporinensa

Derived terms

• sporalogia

Further reading

• “spora”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Icelandic

Noun

spora

1. indefinite genitive plural of spor

Indonesian

Etymology

From Latin spora, either as learned borrowing from Latin or through Dutch spore, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed, a sowing”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈspora/ [ˈspo.ra]
• Rhymes: -ora
• Syllabification: spo‧ra

Noun

spora (plural spora-spora)

1. (biology) spore, (a reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant)
2. (biology) spore (a thick resistant particle produced by a bacterium or protist)

Alternative forms

• sepora
• sepura

Derived terms

• berspora

• spora aseksual
• spora istirahat
• spora seksual
• spora udara

Related terms

• diaspora
• sporadis

Further reading

• spora on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^id
• “spora”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Etymology

From Latin spora, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed, a sowing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɔ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Hyphenation: spò‧ra

Noun

spora f (plural spore)

1. spore

Derived terms

• sporangio
• sporidio
• sporo-

Anagrams

• aspro, parso, prosa, raspo, raspò, sapro-, saprò, sopra, sopra-, sparo, sparò

Latvian

Etymology

From Latin spora, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed, a sowing”).

Noun

spora f (4th declension)

1. spore

Declension

Declension of spora (4th)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	spora	sporas
genitive	sporas	sporu
dative	sporai	sporām
accusative	sporu	sporas
instrumental	sporu	sporām
locative	sporā	sporās
vocative	spora	sporas

Lower Sorbian

Verb

spora

1. superseded spelling of spóra

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• sporene (noun)
• sporet (verb)
• sporte (verb, simple past)
• sport (verb, past participle)

Noun

spora n

1. definite plural of spor

Verb

spora

1. inflection of spore:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

spora n

1. definite plural of spor

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspo.rɑ/

Noun

spora m

1. alternative form of spura

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	spora	sporan
accusative	sporan	sporan
genitive	sporan	sporena
dative	sporan	sporum

Polish

spora

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɔ.ra/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Syllabification: spo‧ra

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from New Latin spora, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed”).

Noun

spora f

1. spore (unit of reproduction)

   Synonym: zarodnik

Declension

Declension of spora

	singular	plural
nominative	spora	spory
genitive	spory	spór/spor
dative	sporze	sporom
accusative	sporę	spory
instrumental	sporą	sporami
locative	sporze	sporach
vocative	sporo	spory

Derived terms

nouns

• bazydiospora

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

spora

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of spory

Further reading

• spora in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• spory in PWN's encyclopedia

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

spora (Cyrillic spelling спора)

1. inflection of spor:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Noun

spora (Cyrillic spelling спора)

1. genitive singular of spor