pore
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: pôr, IPA(key): /pɔɹ/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pô, IPA(key): /pɔː/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: pōr, IPA(key): /po(ː)ɹ/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /poə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
- Homophones: pour, poor (in accents with the pour–poor merger); paw (non-rhotic accents with the 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
- I could sense the sweat dripping out of all my pores.
- By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many, or one allowing the passage of a fluid.
- the pores of a rock.
Related terms
- porous
Translations
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Etymology 2
From Middle English poren, pouren, puren (“to gaze intently, look closely”), from Old English *purian, suggested by Old English spyrian (“to investigate, examine”). Akin to 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.
- 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 1, chapter 10
- Yet each foreign post day she watched for the arrival of letters - knew the postmark, and watched me as I read. I found her often poring over the articles of Greek intelligence in the newspaper.
- 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 1, chapter 10
- to meditate or reflect in a steady way.
Derived terms
- pore over
Translations
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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
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | pore | poren | porer | porerne |
| genitive | pores | porens | porers | porernes |
Finnish
Etymology
From por + -e.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈporeˣ/, [ˈpo̞re̞(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -ore
- Syllabification(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
Declension
| Inflection of pore (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pore | poreet | |
| genitive | poreen | poreiden poreitten | |
| partitive | poretta | poreita | |
| illative | poreeseen | poreisiin poreihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pore | poreet | |
| accusative | nom. | pore | poreet |
| gen. | poreen | ||
| genitive | poreen | poreiden poreitten | |
| partitive | poretta | poreita | |
| inessive | poreessa | poreissa | |
| elative | poreesta | poreista | |
| illative | poreeseen | poreisiin poreihin | |
| adessive | poreella | poreilla | |
| ablative | poreelta | poreilta | |
| allative | poreelle | poreille | |
| essive | poreena | poreina | |
| translative | poreeksi | poreiksi | |
| instructive | — | porein | |
| abessive | poreetta | poreitta | |
| comitative | — | poreineen | |
| Possessive forms of pore (type hame) | ||
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| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | poreeni | poreemme |
| 2nd person | poreesi | poreenne |
| 3rd person | poreensa | |
Derived terms
- poreilla
- poreallas
- poreamme
Anagrams
- Repo, repo, rope
French
Etymology
From Old French pore, from Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “passage”).
Noun
pore m (plural pores)
- pore (small opening in skin)
- by extension, small openings
Further reading
- “pore”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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 m (oblique plural pores, nominative singular pores, nominative plural pore)
- pore (small opening in skin)
Venetian
Adjective
pore f
- feminine plural of poro