spore

See also: Spore, S'pore, sporę, spoře, and споре

English

Fungus emitting spores.
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Etymology

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#SPORECategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sper-#SPORE Category:English terms derived from Proto-Hellenic#SPORE

From New LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from New Latin#SPORECategory:English terms derived from New Latin#SPORE spora, from Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#SPORE σπορά (sporá, “seed”), related to σπόρος (spóros, “sowing”) and σπείρω (speírō, “to sow”). Related to English spread).

Pronunciation

Noun

spore (plural spores)Category:English lemmas#SPORECategory:English nouns#SPORECategory:English countable nouns#SPORECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SPORECategory:Pages with entries#SPORECategory:Pages with 11 entries#SPORE

  1. 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.
      Category:English terms with quotations#SPORE
  2. A thick resistant particle produced by a bacterium or protist to survive in harsh or unfavorable conditions.

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Verb

spore (third-person singular simple present spores, present participle sporing, simple past and past participle spored)Category:English lemmas#SPORECategory:English verbs#SPORECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SPORECategory:Pages with entries#SPORECategory:Pages with 11 entries#SPORE

  1. To produce spores.

Anagrams

Category:en:Botany#SPORECategory:en:Plant anatomy#SPORE

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

spore c (singular definite sporen, plural indefinite sporer)Category:Danish lemmas#SPORECategory:Danish nouns#SPORECategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#SPORECategory:Danish common-gender nouns#SPORECategory:Pages with entries#SPORECategory:Pages with 11 entries#SPORE

  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 har sporet)Category:Danish lemmas#SPORECategory:Danish verbs#SPORECategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#SPORECategory:Pages with entries#SPORECategory:Pages with 11 entries#SPORE

  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
Conjugation
Conjugation of spore
activepassive
present sporer spores
past sporede sporedes
infinitive spore spores
imperative spor —
participle
present sporende
past sporet
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund sporen
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Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

sporeCategory:Dutch non-lemma forms#SPORECategory:Dutch verb forms#SPORECategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#SPORECategory:Pages with entries#SPORECategory:Pages with 11 entries#SPORE

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of sporen

French

Etymology

Category:French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#SPORECategory:French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sper-#SPORE

Learned borrowing from LatinCategory:French terms borrowed from Latin#SPORECategory:French learned borrowings from Latin#SPORECategory:French terms derived from Latin#SPORE spora, from Ancient GreekCategory:French terms derived from Ancient Greek#SPORE σπορά (sporá).

Pronunciation

Noun

spore f (plural spores)Category:French lemmas#SPORECategory:French nouns#SPORECategory:French countable nouns#SPORECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#SPORECategory:French feminine nouns#SPORECategory:Pages with entries#SPORECategory:Pages with 11 entries#SPORE

  1. spore

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Italian

Pronunciation

Noun

spore fCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#SPORECategory:Italian noun forms#SPORECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#SPORECategory:Pages with entries#SPORECategory:Pages with 11 entries#SPORE

  1. plural of spora

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Middle English

Etymology 1

    From Old EnglishCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Old English#SPORECategory:Middle English terms derived from Old English#SPORE spora, spura, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#SPORECategory:Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#SPORE *spurō, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#SPORECategory:Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#SPORE *spurô.

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    sporeCategory:Middle English lemmas#SPORECategory:Middle English nouns#SPORECategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#SPORECategory:Pages with entries#SPORECategory:Pages with 11 entries#SPORE (plural spores or sporen)

    1. A spur; a prod for horses at the back of one's shoes.
    2. A spur as a representation of knightly status.
    3. The spike of the claws of a rooster (or other bird).
    4. (rareCategory:Middle English terms with rare senses#SPORE) A low support made of wood.
    5. (heraldryCategory:enm:Heraldry#SPORE, rareCategory:Middle English terms with rare senses#SPORE) A heraldic depiction of a spur.
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    Etymology 2

      From Old EnglishCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Old English#SPORECategory:Middle English terms derived from Old English#SPORE spor, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#SPORECategory:Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#SPORE *spurą; probably assimilated in phonological form to Etymology 1.

      Alternative forms

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      sporeCategory:Middle English lemmas#SPORECategory:Middle English nouns#SPORECategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#SPORECategory:Pages with entries#SPORECategory:Pages with 11 entries#SPORE

      1. (rareCategory:Middle English terms with rare senses#SPORE, in compounds) A track or trace.
      References
      Category:enm:Animal body parts#SPORECategory:enm:Equestrianism#SPORECategory:enm:Footwear#SPORE

      Norwegian Bokmål

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      Etymology 1

      From Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse#SPORE spori.

      Noun

      spore m (definite singular sporen, indefinite plural sporer, definite plural sporene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#SPORECategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#SPORECategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#SPORECategory:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns#SPORECategory:Pages with entries#SPORECategory:Pages with 11 entries#SPORE

      1. a spur
      Derived terms

      Etymology 2

      From Ancient GreekCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Ancient Greek#SPORE σπορά (sporá).

      Noun

      spore m (definite singular sporen, indefinite plural sporer, definite plural sporene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#SPORECategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#SPORECategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#SPORECategory:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns#SPORECategory:Pages with entries#SPORECategory:Pages with 11 entries#SPORE

      1. (biologyCategory:nb:Biology#SPORE) a spore

      Etymology 3

      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)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#SPORECategory:Norwegian Bokmål verbs#SPORECategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#SPORECategory:Pages with entries#SPORECategory:Pages with 11 entries#SPORE

      1. to trace, track
      Derived terms

      References

      Norwegian Nynorsk

       ridespore on Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia
       spore til formeiring on Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia

      Etymology 1

      From Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse#SPORE spori.

      Noun

      spore m (definite singular sporen, indefinite plural sporar, definite plural sporane)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#SPORECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#SPORECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#SPORECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns#SPORECategory:Pages with entries#SPORECategory:Pages with 11 entries#SPORE

      1. a spur

      Etymology 2

      From Ancient GreekCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Ancient Greek#SPORE σπορά (sporá).

      Noun

      spore m (definite singular sporen, indefinite plural sporar, definite plural sporane)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#SPORECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#SPORECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#SPORECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns#SPORECategory:Pages with entries#SPORECategory:Pages with 11 entries#SPORE

      1. (biologyCategory:nn:Biology#SPORE) a spore

      Etymology 3

      From Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse#SPORE spora and the noun spor.

      Verb

      spore (present tense sporar, past tense spora, past participle spora, passive infinitive sporast, present participle sporande, imperative spore/spor)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#SPORECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk verbs#SPORECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#SPORECategory:Pages with entries#SPORECategory:Pages with 11 entries#SPORECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk weak verbs

      1. to trace, track
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      References

      Old English

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      sporeCategory:Old English non-lemma forms#SPORECategory:Old English noun forms#SPORECategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#SPORECategory:Pages with entries#SPORECategory:Pages with 11 entries#SPORE

      1. dative singular of spor

      Polish

      Pronunciation

      Adjective

      sporeCategory:Polish non-lemma forms#SPORECategory:Polish adjective forms#SPORECategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#SPORECategory:Pages with entries#SPORECategory:Pages with 11 entries#SPORE

      1. inflection of spory:
        1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
        2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural

      Serbo-Croatian

      Adjective

      spore (Cyrillic spelling споре)Category:Serbo-Croatian non-lemma forms#SPORECategory:Serbo-Croatian adjective forms#SPORECategory:Requests for accents in Serbo-Croatian adjective form entries#SPORECategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#SPORECategory:Pages with entries#SPORECategory:Pages with 11 entries#SPORE

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

      Noun

      spore (Cyrillic spelling споре)Category:Serbo-Croatian non-lemma forms#SPORECategory:Serbo-Croatian noun forms#SPORECategory:Requests for accents in Serbo-Croatian noun form entries#SPORECategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#SPORECategory:Pages with entries#SPORECategory:Pages with 11 entries#SPORE

      1. vocative singular of spor
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