porus

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See also: poruš, pórus, and Porus

English

Adjective

porus

  1. Misspelling of porous.

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin porus. First attested in the 14th century.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

porus m (invariable)

  1. pore (a tiny opening in the skin)

References

  1. ^ “porus”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Further reading

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch poreus (“porous”), from French poreux (“porous”), from Old French poros, from Latin porus (“an opening”), from Ancient Greek πόρος (póros).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpo.rʊs/
  • Rhymes: -rʊs
  • Hyphenation: po‧rus

Adjective

porus

  1. porous, permeate

Alternative forms

Further reading

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek πόρος (póros).

Pronunciation

Noun

porus m (genitive porī); second declension

  1. pore, passage in the body.
Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative porus porī
genitive porī porōrum
dative porō porīs
accusative porum porōs
ablative porō porīs
vocative pore porī
Descendants
  • Catalan: porus, por
  • French: pore
  • Galician: poro
  • Italian: poro
  • Portuguese: poro
  • Spanish: poro

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek πῶρος (pôros).

Pronunciation

Noun

pōrus m (genitive pōrī); second declension

  1. tufa
Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative pōrus pōrī
genitive pōrī pōrōrum
dative pōrō pōrīs
accusative pōrum pōrōs
ablative pōrō pōrīs
vocative pōre pōrī

References

  • “porus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "porus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • porus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “porus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
  • “porus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “porus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Latvian

Noun

porus m

  1. (dialectal) accusative plural of pors
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