# spor
## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъporъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈspor]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: spor

### Noun

spor m inan
* quarrel
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hádka
* dispute
    Synonym: pře
* contradiction

#### Derived terms

* bezesporu
* sporeček
* sporný

### Further reading

* “spor”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “spor”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “spor”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse spor, from Proto-Germanic *spurą, from Pre-Germanic *spr̥Hom, derived from or related to *spurnaną (“to kick”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sperH- (“to trample”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /spoːr/, [sb̥oːˀɐ̯]
* Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

### Noun

spor n (singular definite sporet, plural indefinite spor)
* track
* trail
* scent
* trace
* vestige
* mark
* clue, lead
* rut
* lane

#### Derived terms

(track): fodspor

### Verb

spor
* imperative of spore

### References

* “spor” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse spor, from Proto-Germanic *spurą.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɔːr

### Noun

spor n (genitive singular spors, nominative plural spor)
* a footprint
* a trail
* a step
* a dance step
* a stich
* (mathematics) a trace; (the sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix)

#### Synonyms

* (footprint): fótspor
* (trail): slóð
* (step): skref
* (dance step): dansspor
* (stich): nálspor

#### Derived terms

* að vörmu spori (“in a few minutes”)
* fara út af sporinu (“go off the rails”)
* greikka sporið (“to walk faster”)
* í þínum sporum (“in your shoes”)
* léttur í spori (“light footed”)
* rekja slóð (“to follow a track”)
* sporlína (“trace line”)

## Middle English
### Noun

spor
* Alternative form of spore

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse spor.

#### Noun

spor n (definite singular sporet, indefinite plural spor, definite plural spora or sporene)
* a trace
* track (left by something; e.g. an animal, person, or vehicle)
    ferske spor ― fresh tracks
* track (laid for trains or trams to run on)

##### Derived terms

* dobbeltspor
* fotspor
* jernbanespor
* kryssingsspor, krysningsspor
* meterspor
* normalspor
* normalsporet
* sidespor
* skispor
* smalspor, smalsporet
* sporbrudd
* sporløst
* sporstoff
* sporvei, sporveg
* sporveksel
* sporvidde
* sporvogn

##### Related terms

* spore (verb)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

spor
* imperative of spore

### References

* “spor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /spuːr/

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse spor.

#### Noun

spor n (definite singular sporet, indefinite plural spor, definite plural spora)
* a trace
* track (left by something; e.g. an animal, person, or vehicle)
    ferske spor ― fresh tracks
* track (laid for trains or trams to run on)

##### Synonyms

* far

##### Derived terms

* dobbeltspor
* fotspor
* jarnbanespor, jernbanespor
* kryssingsspor
* meterspor
* normalspor
* sidespor
* skispor
* smalspor
* sporstoff
* sporveg
* sporveksel
* sporvidd, sporvidde
* sporvogn

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse sporðr. Cognate to Swedish spol, spor, sporde.

#### Alternative forms

* spol
* spord m

#### Noun

spor m
* pronunciation spelling of spord (“fishtail”).
** 1990, Bygdebok for Modalen herad, Sogenemnda, page 99:nikjån silla me hòve å spornineteen herrings with heads and tails

### References

* “spor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *spurą. Cognate with Old Frisian *spor, Old Saxon spor, Old Dutch spor, Old High German spor, Old Norse spor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /spor/

### Noun

spor n (nominative plural sporu)
* track, trace
* footprint
* vestige, any mark left by some event

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

#### Synonyms

* swæþ

#### Derived terms

* spyrian

#### Related terms

* spurnan

#### Descendants

* Middle English: spore, spurre

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈspɔr/
* Rhymes: -ɔr
* Syllabification: spor

### Noun

spor f
* genitive plural of spora
    Synonym: spór

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [spor]

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic споръ (sporŭ), from Proto-Slavic *sporъ.

#### Noun

spor n (plural sporuri)
* increase

##### Derived terms

* spori
* spornic

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French spore.

#### Noun

spor m (plural spori)
* spore

##### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъporъ, from s- + *per- (“to hit”) (whence also òtpor).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /spôr/

#### Noun

spȍr m (Cyrillic spelling спо̏р)
* dispute, conflict, quarrel

##### Derived terms

* spȏran
* spòriti

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sporъ (“abundant”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /spôr/

#### Adjective

spȍr (Cyrillic spelling спо̏р, definite spȍrī, comparative sporiji)
* slow
* sluggish, lingering

##### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:spor.

##### Synonyms

* polàgān

##### Antonyms

* bȓz
* hȉtar

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse sporðr.

### Noun

spor c
* a spore

#### Derived terms

* sporväxt

### Noun

spor
* (zoology, regional) variant of spol

### References

* spor in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* spor in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* spor in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /s(ɯ)poɾ/
* Rhymes: -oɾ

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French sport.

#### Noun

spor (definite accusative sporu, plural sporlar)
* sport

##### Derived terms

* sporcu
* sporculuk

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French spore.

#### Noun

spor (definite accusative sporu, plural sporlar)
* spore