pores

See also: -pores

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /pɔɹz/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔɹz
  • Homophone: pours
  • Homophones: pause, paws (some accents)

Noun

pores

  1. plural of pore
    • 1879, Th Du Moncel, The Telephone, the Microphone and the Phonograph, Harper, page 166:
      He takes the prepared charcoal used by artists, brings it to a white heat, and suddenly plunges it in a bath of mercury, of which the globules instantly penetrate the pores of charcoal, and may be said to metallize it.

Verb

pores

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pore

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

pores c

  1. indefinite genitive singular of pore

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

pores m

  1. plural of pore

Anagrams

Galician

Alternative forms

Verb

pores

  1. second-person singular personal infinitive of pór
  2. (reintegrationist norm) second-person singular personal infinitive of pôr

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpo.ɾis/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈpo.ɾiʃ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpo.ɾes/

Verb

pores

  1. second-person singular personal infinitive of pôr
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