pore
/ˈpɔː/PAWR
/ˈpɔɹ/PAWR
Meaninga passage
Common meaning: a minute hole in skin, leaf or rock
- pora passage, a way throughLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 662 · scan
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek πόρος ‘a passage, a way through’.
Roots
- πόρος Greek “a passage, a way through”
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