pore
English
/pɔɹ/, /pɔː/, /po(ː)ɹ/, /poə/
noun
Definitions
- A tiny opening in the skin.
- By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many, or one allowing the passage of a fluid.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pore derived from Old French pore derived from Latin porus (pore) derived from Ancient Greek πόρος (passage, bridge, way, a passage, journey, means of passage, ford, opening, passage-way).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πόρος
Gloss
passage, bridge, way, a passage, journey, means of passage, ford, opening, passage-way
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acid English
- acidopore English
- aquaporin English
- biopore English
- blastoporal English
- blastopore English
- blastoporic English
- chitoporin English
- dactylopore English
- electroporation English
- electropore English
- field English
- gastropore English
- gonopore English
- hemipore English
- hydroporation English
- interpore English
- interporiferous English
- intrapore English
- isopore English
- macropore English
- mechanoporation English
- mesopore English
- micropore English
- millipore English
- multipored English
- nanoelectropore English
- nanoporation English
- nanopore English
- nephridiopore English
- nephridium English
- nephropore English
- neuropore English
- nucleoporation English
- nucleopore English
- nucleoporin English
- optoporation English
- parapore English
- photoporation English
- polypore English
- polyporoid English
- poration English
- pored English
- porefield English
- poreless English
- porelessness English
- porelike English
- porer English
- porewater English
- poriferous English
- poriform English
- porin English
- poriness English
- poroid English
- poroma English
- pory English
- prepore English
- protopore English
- sonoporation English
- supermicropore English
- ultramicropore English
- mater Latin
- porosus Latin
- porta Latin
- porus Latin
- poro Italian
- pore French
- poro Spanish, Castilian
- εὐρύπορος Ancient Greek
- εὔπορος Ancient Greek
- πολύς Ancient Greek
- πορεύω Ancient Greek
- πόρος Ancient Greek
- ἄπορος Ancient Greek
- ἔμπορος Ancient Greek
- *per- Proto-Indo-European
- pore Norwegian Bokmål
- poro Portuguese
- pore Norwegian Nynorsk
- pore Middle English
- pore Danish
- pór Czech
- pore Old French
- porus Catalan, Valencian
- poro Galician
- πόρος Greek (modern)
- blastopor Turkish
- pory
- acid
- field
- porin
- pored
- porer
- poroma
- poroid
- isopore
- prepore
- biopore
- nanopore
- poreless
- parapore
- hemipore
- poration
- gonopore
- mesopore
- porelike
- poriness
- poriform
- polypore
- neuropore
- interpore
- porefield
- macropore
- aquaporin
- micropore
- porewater
- acidopore
- intrapore
- protopore
- millipore
- gastropore
- multipored
- blastopore
- poriferous
- nephridium
- chitoporin
- nephropore
- polyporoid
- nucleopore
- electropore
- nucleoporin
- blastoporal
- blastoporic
- dactylopore
- porelessness
- optoporation
- sonoporation
- nanoporation
- hydroporation
- photoporation
- nephridiopore
- nucleoporation
- ultramicropore
- supermicropore
- electroporation
- interporiferous
- mechanoporation
- nanoelectropore