# spore
## English
### Etymology

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

* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: spô, IPA: /spɔː/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) enPR: spôr, IPA: /spoɹ/
* (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: spōr, IPA: /spo(ː)ɹ/
* (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA: /spoə/
* Homophone: spoor (accents with the pour–poor merger)
* Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

### Noun

spore (plural spores)
* A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another.
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* A thick resistant particle produced by a bacterium or protist to survive in harsh or unfavorable conditions.

#### Derived terms

* 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

* → Thai: สปอร์ (sà-bpɔɔ)

#### See also

* bulb
* gemma
* pollen
* propagule
* seed

### Verb

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

### Anagrams

* Prose, ropes, reops, Soper, ERPOs, Poers, Spero, Perso-, soper, Peros, preso, prose, OPers., poser, pores, Ropes, Poser, repos, opers, pro se

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /spoːrə/, [ˈsb̥oːɐ]

### Etymology 1

* (spore):, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed, a sowing”).
* (spur):, from Old Norse spori, from Proto-Germanic *spurô.

#### Noun

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
### 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)
* 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

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

### See also

* spore on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

spore
* (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of sporen

## French
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin spora, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /spɔʁ/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Switzerland):(file)

### Noun

spore f (plural spores)
* spore

#### Descendants

* → Persian: اسپور (espor)
* → Turkish: spor

### Further reading

* “spore”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈspɔ.re/
* Rhymes: -ɔre
* Hyphenation: spò‧re

### Noun

spore f
* plural of spora

### Anagrams

* perso, porse, preso, prose, respo, spero, sperò

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English spora, spura, from Proto-West Germanic *spurō, from Proto-Germanic *spurô.

#### Alternative forms

* spor, spure, spwre, spuyre, spurre, spur, spoure, spourre, spowrre, spoor, sporre

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈspɔːr(ə)/, /ˈspoːr(ə)/, /ˈspur(ə)/

#### Noun

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

* sporen
* sporier

##### Descendants

* English: spur
* Scots: spur
* Yola: spourr

##### References

* “spōre, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-17.

### Etymology 2

From Old English spor, from Proto-Germanic *spurą; probably assimilated in phonological form to Etymology 1.

#### Alternative forms

* spure

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈspɔːr(ə)/, /ˈspoːr(ə)/, /ˈspur(ə)/

#### Noun

spore
* (rare, in compounds) A track or trace.

##### References

* “spōre, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-17.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse spori.

#### Noun

spore m (definite singular sporen, indefinite plural sporer, definite plural sporene)
* a spur

##### Derived terms

* ridderspore

### Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá).

#### Noun

spore m (definite singular sporen, indefinite plural sporer, definite plural sporene)
* (biology) 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)
* to trace, track

##### Derived terms

* spore av

### References

* “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
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse spori.

#### Noun

spore m (definite singular sporen, indefinite plural sporar, definite plural sporane)
* a spur

### Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá).

#### Noun

spore m (definite singular sporen, indefinite plural sporar, definite plural sporane)
* (biology) a spore

### Etymology 3

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 spore/spor)
* to trace, track

##### Alternative forms

* spora

### References

* “spore” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈspo.re/

### Noun

spore
* dative singular of spor

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈspɔ.rɛ/
* Rhymes: -ɔrɛ
* Syllabification: spo‧re
* Homophone: sporę

### Adjective

spore
* inflection of spory:
** neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
** nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural