spor

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъporъ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈspor]

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• Hyphenation: spor

spor m inan (diminutive sporeček)

1. quarrel

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hádka

2. dispute

   Synonym: pře

3. contradiction

• “spor”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “spor”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “spor”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

From Old Norse spor, from Proto-Germanic *spurą, from Pre-Germanic *spr̥Hom, derived from or related to *spurnaną (“to kick”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sperH- (“to trample”).

• IPA^(key): /spoːr/, [sb̥oːˀɐ̯]
• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

spor n (singular definite sporet, plural indefinite spor)

1. track
2. trail
3. scent
4. trace
5. vestige
6. mark
7. clue, lead
8. rut
9. lane

(track): fodspor

spor

1. imperative of spore

• “spor” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse spor, from Proto-Germanic *spurą.

• Rhymes: -ɔːr

spor n (genitive singular spors, nominative plural spor)

1. a footprint
2. a trail
3. a step
4. a dance step
5. a stich
6. (mathematics) a trace; (the sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix)

• (footprint): fótspor
• (trail): slóð
• (step): skref
• (dance step): dansspor
• (stich): nálspor

spor

1. alternative form of spore

From Old Norse spor.

spor n (definite singular sporet, indefinite plural spor, definite plural spora or sporene)

1. a trace
2. track (left by something; e.g. an animal, person, or vehicle)

   ferske spor ― fresh tracks

3. track (laid for trains or trams to run on)

• spore (verb)

spor

1. imperative of spore

• “spor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /spuːr/

From Old Norse spor.

spor n (definite singular sporet, indefinite plural spor, definite plural spora)

1. a trace
2. track (left by something; e.g. an animal, person, or vehicle)

   ferske spor ― fresh tracks

3. track (laid for trains or trams to run on)

• far

From Old Norse sporðr. Cognate to Swedish spol, spor, sporde.

• spol
• spord m

spor m

1. pronunciation spelling of spord (“fishtail”)
   • 1990, Bygdebok for Modalen herad, Sogenemnda, page 99:

     nikjån silla me hòve å spor

     nineteen herrings with heads and tails

• “spor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *spurą. Cognate with Old Frisian *spor, Old Saxon spor, Old Dutch spor, Old High German spor, Old Norse spor.

• IPA^(key): /spor/

spor n (nominative plural sporu)

1. track, trace
2. footprint
3. vestige, any mark left by some event

Strong a-stem:

• swæþ

• spyrian

• spurnan

• Middle English: spore, spurre

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɔr/
• Rhymes: -ɔr
• Syllabification: spor

spor f

1. genitive plural of spora

   Synonym: spór

• IPA^(key): [spor]

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic споръ (sporŭ), from Proto-Slavic *sporъ.

spor n (plural sporuri)

1. increase

• spori
• spornic

Borrowed from French spore.

spor m (plural spori)

1. spore

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъporъ, from s- + *per- (“to hit”) (whence also òtpor).

• IPA^(key): /spôr/

spȍr m inan (Cyrillic spelling спо̏р)

1. dispute, conflict, quarrel

• spȏran
• spòriti

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sporъ (“abundant”).

• IPA^(key): /spôr/

spȍr (Cyrillic spelling спо̏р, definite spȍrī, comparative sporiji)

1. slow
2. sluggish, lingering

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:spor.

• polàgān

• bȓz
• hȉtar

From Old Norse sporðr.

spor c

1. a spore

• sporväxt

spor

1. (zoology, regional) variant of spol

• spor in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• spor in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• spor in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• IPA^(key): /s(ɯ)poɾ/
• Rhymes: -oɾ

Borrowed from French sport.

spor (definite accusative sporu, plural sporlar)

1. sport

• sporcu
• sporculuk

Borrowed from French spore.

spor (definite accusative sporu, plural sporlar)

1. spore