spore
English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Puffballs_emitting_spores.jpg/220px-Puffballs_emitting_spores.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From New Latin spora, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed”), related to σπόρος (spóros, “sowing”) and σπείρω (speírō, “to sow”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to strew”) (compare English spread).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: spô, IPA(key): /spɔː/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (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
[edit]spore (plural spores)
- A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another.
- 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Thresher Maws Codex entry:
- Thresher maws are subterranean carnivores that spend their entire lives eating or searching for something to eat. Threshers reproduce via spores that lie dormant for millennia, yet are robust enough to survive prolonged periods in deep space and atmospheric re-entry. As a result, thresher spores appear on many worlds, spread by previous generations of space travelers.
- A thick resistant particle produced by a bacterium or protist to survive in harsh or unfavorable conditions.
Derived terms
[edit]- acrospore
- aeciospore
- amerospore
- androspore
- aneuspory
- anisospore
- aplanospore
- archeospore
- arthrospore
- ascospore
- asexual spore
- autospore
- auxospore
- ballistospore
- basidiospore
- bispore
- blastospore
- cheirospore
- chlamydospore
- cystospore
- dictyospore
- didymospore
- dinospore
- endospore
- epispore
- exospore
- exosporium
- forespore
- gymnospore
- gynandrosporous
- helicospore
- heterosporous
- homospore
- homosporous
- idioandrosporous
- isospore
- macrospore
- megaspore
- meiospore
- mesospore
- microspore
- milky spore
- monospore
- monosporic
- multispore
- mycosporine
- nonspore
- octospore
- oospore
- perispore
- phaeospore
- phragmospore
- polyspore
- prespore
- prospore
- protospore
- pseudospore
- pycnospore
- resting spore
- scolecospore
- spermospore
- sporabola
- sporal
- sporangium
- sporation
- sporebearing
- spore case
- sporeformer
- sporeforming
- spore fruit
- sporeless
- sporelike
- sporeprint
- spore print
- sporicide
- sporiferous
- sporification
- sporo-
- sporogenesis
- sporoid
- sporology
- sporophyte
- sporous
- sporule
- staurospore
- swarm spore
- swarmspore
- tetraspore
- unispore
- uredospore
- zoospore
- zygospore
- zygotospore
Descendants
[edit]- → Thai: สปอร์ (sà-bpɔɔ)
Translations
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See also
[edit]Verb
[edit]spore (third-person singular simple present spores, present participle sporing, simple past and past participle spored)
- To produce spores.
Anagrams
[edit]- Prose, ropes, reops, Soper, ERPOs, Poers, Spero, Perso-, soper, Peros, preso, prose, OPers., poser, pores, Ropes, Poser, repos, opers, pro se
Danish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]- (spore):, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed, a sowing”).
- (spur):, from Old Norse spori, from Proto-Germanic *spurô.
Noun
[edit]spore c (singular definite sporen, plural indefinite sporer)
- spore (reproductive particle)
- spore (resistant particle produced by bacterium or protist)
- spur (a rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for purpose of prodding a horse)
- spur (anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does to a horse)
- spur (an appendage or spike pointing rearward, near the foot, for instance that of a rooster)
Inflection
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]- (to spur):, from spore (“spur”).
- (to trace):, from spor (“track, trail, scent”).
Verb
[edit]spore (imperative spor, infinitive at spore, present tense sporer, past tense sporede, perfect tense er/har sporet)
- spur (to prod)
- 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)
- trace (to follow the trail of)
- scent (to detect the scent of)
- feel, notice, perceive
Synonyms
[edit]See also
[edit]spore on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Verb
[edit]spore
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin spora, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /spɔʁ/
Audio: (file) Audio (Switzerland): (file)
Noun
[edit]spore f (plural spores)
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “spore”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]spore f
Anagrams
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old English spora, spura, from Proto-West Germanic *spurō, from Proto-Germanic *spurô.
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]spore (plural spores or sporen)
- A spur; a prod for horses at the back of one's shoes.
- A spur as a representation of knightly status.
- The spike of the claws of a rooster (or other bird).
- (rare) A low support made of wood.
- (heraldry, rare) A heraldic depiction of a spur.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “spōre, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-17.
Etymology 2
[edit]From Old English spor, from Proto-Germanic *spurą; probably assimilated in phonological form to Etymology 1.
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]spore
References
[edit]- “spōre, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-17.
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]spore m (definite singular sporen, indefinite plural sporer, definite plural sporene)
- a spur
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá).
Noun
[edit]spore m (definite singular sporen, indefinite plural sporer, definite plural sporene)
Etymology 3
[edit]From the noun spor.
Verb
[edit]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)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “spore” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “spore_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “spore_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “spore_4” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]spore m (definite singular sporen, indefinite plural sporar, definite plural sporane)
- a spur
Etymology 2
[edit]From Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá).
Noun
[edit]spore m (definite singular sporen, indefinite plural sporar, definite plural sporane)
Etymology 3
[edit]From Old Norse spora and the noun spor.
Verb
[edit]spore (present tense sporar, past tense spora, past participle spora, passive infinitive sporast, present participle sporande, imperative spore/spor)
Alternative forms
[edit]References
[edit]- “spore” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]spore
- inflection of spory:
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