pore

See also: Pore, porę, póré, pôre, pőre, -pore, and поре

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/

• Audio (US):

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• 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)

1. A tiny opening in the skin.

   Synonym: sweat hole

   I could sense the sweat dripping out of all my pores.

2. By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many, or one allowing the passage of a fluid.

   the pores of a rock.

   • 1903, Ray Smith Bassler, The Structural Features of the Bryozoan Genus Homotrypa, with Descriptions of Species from the Cincinnatian Group, page 570:

     Under certain conditions tangential sections indicate that the zoœcial walls and the intermural space are seemingly pierced by communication pores or connecting foramina.

   • 1947, Walter Johnson, “The Rebirth of the Progressive Movement”, in William Allen White’s America, New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC, part IV (Normalcy and Reform), page 436:

     After reading White’s vitriolic language, The New York Times facetiously remarked that “Kansas is bleeding from every pore of her vocabularium. Sharp’s rifles are discharging from the well-known Emporium of White & Son, unlimited, and Bibles are closed until after election.”

Derived terms

• abdominal pore
• acidopore
• anal pore
• apical germ pore
• aporetic
• aporia
• aporic
• biopore
• blastopore
• colporate
• cryptopore
• dactylopore
• electropore
• gastropore
• germ pore
• gonopore
• haematomyelopore
• hemipore
• interpore
• intrapore
• isopore
• macropore
• mesopore
• micropore
• millipore
• nanopore
• nephridiopore
• nephropore
• neuropore
• nuclear pore complex
• nucleopore
• parapore
• polypore
• poration
• porefield
• poreless
• porelike
• pore space
• pore strip
• porewater
• pore water pressure
• poriferous
• porin
• porite
• poroid
• poroma
• pory
• prepore
• protopore
• sweat pore
• taste pore

Related terms

• porous

Translations

a tiny opening in the skin

• Arabic: مَسَمّ m (masamm)

  Egyptian Arabic: مسام f pl (masaam)

• Bashkir: күҙәнәк (köðänäk)
• Belarusian: по́ра f (póra)
• Bulgarian: по́ра (bg) f (póra)
• Catalan: porus (ca) m, por (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 毛孔 (zh) (máokǒng)

• Coptic: ⲥⲓⲗⲓ f (sili)
• Czech: pór (cs)
• Danish: pore c
• Dutch: porie (nl) f
• Esperanto: poro (eo)
• Finnish: huokonen (fi)
• French: pore (fr) m
• Galician: poro (gl) m
• Georgian: ფორი (ka) (pori)
• German: Pore (de) f
• Greek: πόρος (el) m (póros)

  Ancient Greek: πόρος m (póros)

• Hungarian: pórus (hu)
• Ido: poro (io)
• Indonesian: pori (id)
• Irish: póir f, piochán m
• Italian: poro (it) m
• Japanese: (kanji for 'secretion') -線 (ja) (-sen), (kanji for 'tiny opening') -孔 (ja) (-kou), (general) 小孔 (shōkō), (pore of the skin) 毛穴 (keana), (sweat pore) 皮脂腺 (ja) (hishi-sen), (stoma) 気孔 (ja) (kikō)
• Korean: 기공 (ko) (gigong)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: kunik (ku) f

• Malayalam: സുഷിരം (ml) (suṣiraṁ)
• Māori: pōnaho
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pore m, pore f

  Nynorsk: pore f

• Old English: swātþȳrel n, līcþēote f
• Polish: por (pl) m

  Old Polish: sierotki pl

• Portuguese: poro (pt) m
• Russian: по́ра (ru) f (póra)
• Slovak: pór m
• Spanish: poro (es) m
• Swedish: por (sv) c
• Tagalog: kilit, kilit ng balat
• Tocharian B: klokaśce
• Turkish: gözenek (tr)
• Ukrainian: по́ра f (póra)
• Vietnamese: lỗ chân lông (vi)

by extension any small opening

• Bulgarian: пора (bg) f (pora)
• Finnish: huokonen (fi)
• French: pore (fr) m
• Galician: poro (gl) m
• Greek: πόρος (el) m (póros)
• Hungarian: nyílás (hu)
• Irish: póir f
• Japanese: (kanji for 'secretion') -線 (ja) (-sen)
• Malayalam: സുഷിരം (ml) (suṣiraṁ)
• Māori: pōnaho
• Portuguese: poro (pt) m
• Russian: по́ра (ru) f (póra)
• Swedish: por (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ხვრელი (xvreli), ^{(please verify)} სვრეტი (svreṭi)

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)

1. To study meticulously; to go over again and again.
   • 1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter X, in The Last Man. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:

     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.

2. To meditate or reflect in a steady way.

Derived terms

• pore over
• poringly

Translations

to study meticulously

• Czech: podrobně studovat, podrobně prostudovat
• Japanese: 熟考する (jukkō suru), 熟慮する (jukuryo suru)
• Māori: whakatatare
• Polish: ślęczeć
• Russian: тща́тельно изуча́ть (tščátelʹno izučátʹ) , корпе́ть (ru) impf (korpétʹ)
• Welsh: craffu (cy), pori (cy)

to meditate or reflect in a steady way

• Bulgarian: обмислям (bg) (obmisljam)
• Czech: hloubat (cs) impf, dumat (cs) impf
• Japanese: 熟考する (jukkō suru), 熟慮する (jukuryo suru)
• Russian: размышля́ть (ru) (razmyšljátʹ), разду́мывать (ru) (razdúmyvatʹ)

Anagrams

• Pero, oper, reop, repo, rope

Cornish

Noun

pore

1. 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)

1. pore (a tiny opening in the skin)

Inflection

Declension of pore

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pore	poren	porer	porerne
genitive	pores	porens	porers	porernes

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

1. bubble (gas bubble in water)

   Synonym: kupla

2. area of molten water near the edge of ice in a melting lake
3. (slang) speed (recreational amphetamine drug)

   Synonyms: piri, amfe, amffe, spiidi, vauhti, pöhinä, virta, vireeni, (standard) amfetamiini

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
abessive		poreetta	poreitta
instructive		—	porein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of pore (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative poreeni poreeni accusative nom. poreeni poreeni gen. poreeni genitive poreeni poreideni poreitteni partitive porettani poreitani inessive poreessani poreissani elative poreestani poreistani illative poreeseeni poreisiini poreihini adessive poreellani poreillani ablative poreeltani poreiltani allative poreelleni poreilleni essive poreenani poreinani translative poreekseni poreikseni abessive poreettani poreittani instructive — — comitative — poreineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative poreesi poreesi accusative nom. poreesi poreesi gen. poreesi genitive poreesi poreidesi poreittesi partitive porettasi poreitasi inessive poreessasi poreissasi elative poreestasi poreistasi illative poreeseesi poreisiisi poreihisi adessive poreellasi poreillasi ablative poreeltasi poreiltasi allative poreellesi poreillesi essive poreenasi poreinasi translative poreeksesi poreiksesi abessive poreettasi poreittasi instructive — — comitative — poreinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative poreemme poreemme accusative nom. poreemme poreemme gen. poreemme genitive poreemme poreidemme poreittemme partitive porettamme poreitamme inessive poreessamme poreissamme elative poreestamme poreistamme illative poreeseemme poreisiimme poreihimme adessive poreellamme poreillamme ablative poreeltamme poreiltamme allative poreellemme poreillemme essive poreenamme poreinamme translative poreeksemme poreiksemme abessive poreettamme poreittamme instructive — — comitative — poreinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative poreenne poreenne accusative nom. poreenne poreenne gen. poreenne genitive poreenne poreidenne poreittenne partitive porettanne poreitanne inessive poreessanne poreissanne elative poreestanne poreistanne illative poreeseenne poreisiinne poreihinne adessive poreellanne poreillanne ablative poreeltanne poreiltanne allative poreellenne poreillenne essive poreenanne poreinanne translative poreeksenne poreiksenne abessive poreettanne poreittanne instructive — — comitative — poreinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative poreensa poreensa accusative nom. poreensa poreensa gen. poreensa genitive poreensa poreidensa poreittensa partitive porettaan porettansa poreitaan poreitansa inessive poreessaan poreessansa poreissaan poreissansa elative poreestaan poreestansa poreistaan poreistansa illative poreeseensa poreisiinsa poreihinsa adessive poreellaan poreellansa poreillaan poreillansa ablative poreeltaan poreeltansa poreiltaan poreiltansa allative poreelleen poreellensa poreilleen poreillensa essive poreenaan poreenansa poreinaan poreinansa translative poreekseen poreeksensa poreikseen poreiksensa abessive poreettaan poreettansa poreittaan poreittansa instructive — — comitative — poreineen poreinensa

Derived terms

• poreilla
• poreinen
• porettaa

compounds

• poreallas
• poreamme
• porekylpy
• poretabletti
• porevesi

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)

1. pore (small opening in the skin)
2. (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

Makasar

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpore/, [ˈpʰo.rɛ]
• Hyphenation: po‧re

Adjective

pore (Lontara spelling ᨄᨚᨑᨙ or 𑻣𑻶𑻭𑻵)

1. fine; nice; beautiful; splendid

   Porei ballaʼna ― His house is beautiful.

   Porena tau ― What a fine fellow!

2. smart; capable; pienter; clever

   Porei agangku ― My partner (e.g., in a game) is a fine, smart fellow.

   Porei assare kasingarrang ― He is clever at explaining things / He explains things very well.

3. neat; proper; tidy

Derived terms

affixations

• kaporeang

compounds

• ammake pore

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page 560

Middle English

Adjective

pore

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. pore (small opening in skin)

Venetan

Adjective

pore f

1. feminine plural of poro

Yanomamö

Noun

pore

1. 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 [Encyclopedic dictionary of the Yanomamö language]‎^[2] (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN