spore

From Modern Latin spora, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed, a sowing”), related to σπόρος (spóros, “sowing”) and σπείρω (speírō, “to sow”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to strew”) (compare English spread).

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: spô, IPA^(key): /spɔː/
• (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)

spore (plural spores)

1. A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another.
2. A thick resistant particle produced by a bacterium or protist to survive in harsh or unfavorable conditions.

• bulb
• gemma
• pollen
• propagule
• seed

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

1. To produce spores.

• OPers., Peros, Perso-, Soper, Spero, opers, pores, poser, preso, pro se, prose, reops, repos, ropes

• IPA^(key): /spoːrə/, [ˈsb̥oːɐ]

• (spore):, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed, a sowing”).
• (spur):, from Old Norse spori.

spore c (singular definite sporen, plural indefinite sporer)

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)

• (to spur):, from spore (“spur”).
• (to trace):, from spor (“track, trail, scent”).

spore (imperative spor, infinitive at spore, present tense sporer, past tense sporede, perfect tense er/har sporet)

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

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

• spore on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

spore f

1. plural of spora

• perso, porse, preso, prose, spero, sperò

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

• spor, spure, spwre, spuyre, spurre, spur, spoure, spourre, spowrre, spoor

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɔːr(ə)/, /ˈspoːr(ə)/, /ˈspur(ə)/

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. (rare) A low support made of wood.
5. (heraldry, rare) A heraldic depiction of a spur.

• sporen
• sporier

• English: spur
• Scots: spur

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

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

• spure

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɔːr(ə)/, /ˈspoːr(ə)/, /ˈspur(ə)/

spore

1. (rare, in compounds) A track or trace.

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

From the noun spor

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)

1. to trace, track

• spore av

• “spore” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• spora

From Old Norse spora and the noun spor

spore (present tense sporar, past tense spora, past participle spora, passive infinitive sporast, present participle sporande, imperative spor/spore)

1. to trace, track

• “spore” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɔ.rɛ/

spore

1. inflection of spory:
   1. neuter nominative singular
   2. neuter accusative singular
   3. neuter vocative singular
   4. nonvirile nominative plural
   5. nonvirile accusative plural
   6. nonvirile vocative plural