pore

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pô, IPA(key): /pɔː(ɹ)/ (General American) enPR: pôr, IPA(key): /poɹ/ (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: pōr, IPA(key): /po(ː)ɹ/ (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /poə/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) Homophones: pour; poor (pour–poor merger); paw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English pore, from Old French pore, from Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “passage”). Displaced native English sweat hole from Middle English swet hole, which might have been a reformation of Old English swātþȳrel (literally “sweat hole”), which competed with līcþēote (literally “body pipe”). ==== Noun ==== pore (plural pores) A tiny opening in the skin. Synonym: sweat hole By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many, or one allowing the passage of a fluid. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== porous ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English poren, pouren, puren (“to gaze intently, look closely”), from Old English *pūrian, from Proto-West Germanic *pūrōn, suggested by Old English spyrian (“to investigate, examine”). Akin to Saterland Frisian puurje (“to question, investigate; pry, prod”), West Frisian poarje (“to poke, prod”), Middle Dutch poren (“to pore, look”), Dutch porren (“to poke, prod, stir, encourage, endeavour, attempt”), Low German purren (“to poke, stir”), Danish purre (“to poke, stir, rouse”), dialectal Swedish pora, pura, påra (“to work slowly and gradually, work deliberately”), Old English spor (“track, trace, vestige”). Compare also Middle English puren, piren (“to look, peer”). See peer. ==== Verb ==== pore (third-person singular simple present pores, present participle poring, simple past and past participle pored) To study meticulously; to go over again and again. To meditate or reflect in a steady way. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === Pero, oper, reop, repo, rope == Cornish == === Noun === pore hard mutation of bore == Danish == === Etymology === From Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος (póros). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /poːrə/, [ˈpʰoːɐ] === Noun === pore c (singular definite poren, plural indefinite porer) pore (a tiny opening in the skin) ==== Inflection ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *porëk, equivalent to por- +‎ -e. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈporeˣ/, [ˈpo̞re̞(ʔ)] Rhymes: -ore Syllabification(key): po‧re Hyphenation(key): po‧re === Noun === pore bubble (gas bubble in water) Synonym: kupla area of molten water near the edge of ice in a melting lake (slang) speed (recreational amphetamine drug) Synonyms: piri, amfe, amffe, spiidi, vauhti, pöhinä, virta, vireeni, (standard) amfetamiini ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “pore”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 === Anagrams === Repo, repo, rope == French == === Etymology === From Old French pore, from Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “passage”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɔʁ/ Homophones: porc, port === Noun === pore m (plural pores) pore (small opening in the skin) (by extension) small opening of any kind ==== Derived terms ==== poreux ostéoporose === Further reading === “pore”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Adjective === pore alternative form of pure == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “passage”). === Noun === pore f or m (definite singular pora or poren, indefinite plural porer, definite plural porene) a pore (e.g. in the skin) ==== Related terms ==== porøs === References === “pore” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “passage”). === Noun === pore f (definite singular pora, indefinite plural porer, definite plural porene) a pore (e.g. in the skin) ==== Related terms ==== porøs === References === “pore” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “passage”). === Noun === pore oblique singular, m (oblique plural pores, nominative singular pores, nominative plural pore) pore (small opening in skin) == Venetan == === Adjective === pore f feminine plural of poro == Yanomamö == === Noun === pore a type of ghost, apparition with glowing red eyes which wanders through jungles or villages === References === Lizot, Jacques (2004), Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ‎[2] (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN