spore

See also: Spore and S'pore

English

Etymology

From Modern Latin spora, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed, a sowing”), related to σπόρος (spóros, “sowing”) and σπείρω (speírō, “to sow”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to strew”) (compare English spread).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: spô, IPA^(key): /spɔː/
• (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

spore (plural spores)

1. A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another.
2. A thick resistant particle produced by a bacterium or protist to survive in harsh or unfavorable conditions.

Related terms

Terms related to spore

• amerospore
• androspore
• aplanospore
• ascospore
• basidiospore
• dictyospore
• didymospore

• forespore
• helicospore
• heterosporous
• homosporous
• meiospore
• phragmospore
• scolecospore

• sporangium
• sporogenesis
• sporophyte
• staurospore
• zoospore
• zygospore

Translations

reproductive particle

• Afrikaans: spoor
• Catalan: espora f
• Cherokee: ᎠᏴᎩᏍᏗ (ayvgisdi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 孢子 (zh) (bāozǐ)

• Czech: spora (cs) f, výtrus m
• Dutch: spoor (nl) n
• Finnish: itiö (fi)
• French: spore (fr) f
• German: Spore (de) f
• Greek: σπόριο (el) n (spório)
• Hungarian: spóra (hu)
• Irish: spór m

• Italian: spora (it) f
• Japanese: 胞子 (ja) (ほうし, hōshi)
• Maori: pua atua, pata, pua-atua
• Persian: اسپور‎‎ (espor), هاگ‎‎ (fa) (hâg)
• Polish: zarodnik (pl) m, przetrwalnik m, spora (pl) f
• Portuguese: esporo (pt) m
• Romanian: spor (ro) m, spori (ro) m pl
• Russian: спо́ра (ru) f (spóra)
• Spanish: espora (es) f
• Swedish: spor (sv) c
• Thai: สปอร์ (sà-bpɔɔ)
• Ukrainian: спо́ра f (spóra)
• Vietnamese: bào tử (vi)

resistant particle produced by bacterium or protist

• Catalan: espora f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: spora (cs) f
• Finnish: itiö (fi)

• Hungarian: spóra (hu)
• Italian: spora (it) f
• Spanish: espora (es) f
• Turkish: spor (tr)
• Ukrainian: спо́ра f (spóra)

See also

• bulb
• gemma
• pollen
• propagule
• seed

Verb

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

1. To produce spores.

Anagrams

• OPers., Peros, Perso-, Soper, Spero, opers, pores, poser, preso, pro se, prose, reops, repos, ropes

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spoːrə/, [ˈsb̥oːɐ]

Etymology 1

• (spore):, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed, a sowing”).
• (spur):, from Old Norse spori.

Noun

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)

Inflection

Declension of spore

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	spore	sporen	sporer	sporerne
genitive	spores	sporens	sporers	sporernes

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

Synonyms

• (to spur): anspore
• (to scent, trace): opspore

See also

• spore on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Italian

Noun

spore f

1. plural of spora

Anagrams

• perso, porse, preso, prose, spero, sperò

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the noun spor

Verb

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

Derived terms

• spore av

References

• “spore” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• spora

Etymology

From Old Norse spora and the noun spor

Verb

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

1. to trace, track

References

• “spore” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.