spore

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɔː/ (RP)
• (US) IPA^(key): /spɔːɹ/, /spoʊɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)

Etymology

From Modern Latin spora, from Ancient Greek σπορά (spora, “seed, a sowing”), related to σπόρος (sporos, “sowing”) and σπείρω (speirō, “to sow”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to strew”).

Noun

spore (plural spores)

Wikipedia

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.

Translations

reproductive particle

• Catalan: espora f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 孢子 (zh) (bāozǐ)

• Czech: spora f
• Dutch: spoor (nl) n
• Finnish: itiö (fi)
• French: spore (fr) f
• German: Spore (de) f
• Hungarian: spóra (hu)

• Italian: spora f
• Japanese: 胞子 (ほうし, hōshi)
• Portuguese: esporo (pt) m
• Romanian: spor (ro) m, spori (ro) m pl
• Russian: спора (ru) f (spóra)
• Spanish: espora (es) f
• Swedish: spor (sv) c
• Ukrainian: спо́ра f (spóra)

resistant particle produced by bacterium or protist

• Catalan: espora f
• Finnish: itiö (fi)
• Hungarian: spóra (hu)

• Italian: spora f
• Turkish: spor (tr)
• Ukrainian: спо́ра f (spóra)

Related terms

• aplanospore
• ascospore
• basidiospore
• heterosporous
• homosporous
• meiospore

• sporangium
• sporogenesis
• sporophyte
• zoospore
• zygospore

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, pores, poser, preso, prose, pro se, reops, ropes

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spoːrə/, [ˈsb̥oːɐ]

Etymology 1

• (spore):, from Ancient Greek σπορά (spora, “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

Inflection 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, past participle 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.da.Wikipedia

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Italian

Noun

spore f

1. plural form of spora

Anagrams

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