pore en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /pɔː(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /poə/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
- pōr rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
- /po(ː)ɹ/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
- pôr (General-American)
- pô (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /poɹ/ (General-American)
Etymology
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”).
Meanings
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A tiny opening in the skin.
I could sense the sweat dripping out of all my pores.
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By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many, or one allowing the passage of a fluid.
Under certain conditions tangential sections indicate that the zoœcial walls and the intermural space are seemingly pierced by communication pores or connecting foramina.
1903, Ray Smith Bassler, The Structural Features of the Bryozoan Genus Homotrypa, with Descriptions of Species from the Cincinnatian Group, page 570:the pores of a rock.
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.”
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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pores | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
poroma · polypore · poroid · aporia · pore space · acidopore · nuclear pore complex · neuropore · macropore · abdominal pore · germ pore · haematomyelopore · nanopore · aporic · poration · intrapore · poreless · pore water pressure · electropore · dactylopore · pory · interpore · aporetic · gonopore · micropore · mesopore · parapore · prepore · blastopore · sweat pore · pore strip · hemipore · porefield · apical germ pore · biopore · poriferous · porite · cryptopore · gastropore · taste pore · anal pore · nucleopore · isopore · porelike · protopore · nephridiopore · colporate · porewater · millipore · porin · nephropore
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (67)
gl poro (by extension any small opening) · tl kilit (a tiny opening in the skin) · ga póir (a tiny opening in the skin) · ja 小孔 (a tiny opening in the skin) · sk pór (a tiny opening in the skin) · uk по́ра (a tiny opening in the skin) · ru по́ра (a tiny opening in the skin) · cmn 毛孔 (a tiny opening in the skin) · ja -線 (by extension any small opening) · mi pōnaho (by extension any small opening) · eo poro (a tiny opening in the skin) · grc πόρος (a tiny opening in the skin) · hu pórus (a tiny opening in the skin) · ang swātþȳrel (a tiny opening in the skin) · ja -線 (a tiny opening in the skin) · ja 毛穴 (a tiny opening in the skin) · ml സുഷിരം (by extension any small opening) · hu nyílás (by extension any small opening) · ja -孔 (a tiny opening in the skin) · sv por (by extension any small opening) · fr pore (by extension any small opening) · id pori (a tiny opening in the skin) · ga póir (by extension any small opening) · nb pore (a tiny opening in the skin) · nl porie (a tiny opening in the skin) · txb klokaśce (a tiny opening in the skin) · ba күҙәнәк (a tiny opening in the skin) · tr gözenek (a tiny opening in the skin) · kmr kunik (a tiny opening in the skin) · ko 기공 (a tiny opening in the skin) · nn pore (a tiny opening in the skin) · fi huokonen (a tiny opening in the skin) · it poro (a tiny opening in the skin) · pt poro (by extension any small opening) · bg по́ра (a tiny opening in the skin) · io poro (a tiny opening in the skin) · ja 皮脂腺 (a tiny opening in the skin) · el πόρος (by extension any small opening) · sv por (a tiny opening in the skin) · el πόρος (a tiny opening in the skin) · vi lỗ chân lông (a tiny opening in the skin) · ca por (a tiny opening in the skin) · mi pōnaho (a tiny opening in the skin) · gl poro (a tiny opening in the skin) · ml സുഷിരം (a tiny opening in the skin) · ja 気孔 (a tiny opening in the skin) · zlw-opl sierotki (a tiny opening in the skin) · fi huokonen (by extension any small opening) · cs pór (a tiny opening in the skin) · arz مسام (a tiny opening in the skin) · ang līcþēote (a tiny opening in the skin) · bg пора (by extension any small opening) · de Pore (a tiny opening in the skin) · cop ⲥⲓⲗⲓ (a tiny opening in the skin) · ar مَسَمّ (a tiny opening in the skin) · tl kilit ng balat (a tiny opening in the skin) · pt poro (a tiny opening in the skin) · es poro (a tiny opening in the skin) · da pore (a tiny opening in the skin) · ca porus (a tiny opening in the skin) · ka ფორი (a tiny opening in the skin) · ru по́ра (by extension any small opening) · be по́ра (a tiny opening in the skin) · fr pore (a tiny opening in the skin) · pl por (a tiny opening in the skin) · nb pore (a tiny opening in the skin) · ga piochán (a tiny opening in the skin)