spore
French, noun/spɔʁ/
spore is spelled S-P-O-R-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 70,496th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spore is a French feminine noun meaning “spore” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cellule ou unité de reproduction, de multiplication ou de dissémination, généralement unicellulaire, produite…”.
What does spore mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininespore
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cellule ou unité de reproduction, de multiplication ou de dissémination, généralement unicellulaire, produite par certaines plantes, algues, champignons ou protistes, et capable de donner naissance, sans fécondation obligatoire, à un nouvel individu ou à une phase du cycle de développement. 2. Forme dormante et résistante produite par certaines bactéries en conditions défavorables, pouvant redonner une cellule végétative lors de la germination.
adjective: 1. Pourvu de spores.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of spore
- spores plural
- sporés plural masculine
- sporée singular feminine
- sporées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce spore?
- /spɔʁ/
- \spɔʁ\
- \spɔ.ʁe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to spore
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is spore in French?
spore appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).