bore

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• Received-Pronunciation: /bɔː(ɹ)/
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• General-American: /boɹ/
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• /bo(ː)ɹ/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /boə/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
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• homophone: boar
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• homophone: Bohr
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• homophone: boor (pour–poor merger)
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• CMU ARPABET: B AO1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bherH-der. Proto-Germanic *burōną Proto-West Germanic *borōn Old English borian Middle English boren English bore From Middle English boren, from Old English borian (“to pierce”), from Proto-West Germanic *borōn, from Proto-Germanic *burōną. Compare Danish bore, Norwegian Bokmål bore, Dutch boren, German bohren, Old Norse bora. Cognate with Latin forō (“to bore, to pierce”), Latin feriō (“strike, cut”) and Albanian birë (“hole”). Sense of wearying may come from a figurative use such as "to bore the ears"; compare German drillen.

From Middle English *bore, bare, a borrowing from Old Norse bára (“billow, wave”), from Proto-Germanic *bērō (“that which bears or carries”), from Proto-Indo-European *bher- (“to bear”). Cognate with Icelandic bára (“billow, wave”), Faroese bára (“billow, wave”). Doublet of bier.

221 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: отвор (otvor) — a hole drilled or milled through something
• Bulgarian: дупка (dupka) — a hole drilled or milled through something
• Bulgarian: вътрешен диаметър (vǎtrešen diametǎr) — a hole drilled or milled through something
• Dutch: boring — a hole drilled or milled through something
• German: Bohrung — a hole drilled or milled through something
• Hungarian: furat — a hole drilled or milled through something
• Hungarian: fúrólyuk — a hole drilled or milled through something
• Hungarian: fúrt lyuk — a hole drilled or milled through something
• Hungarian: csőfurat — a hole drilled or milled through something
• Hungarian: kaliber — a hole drilled or milled through something
• Hungarian: fúrólyukátmérő — a hole drilled or milled through something
• Irish: cró — a hole drilled or milled through something
• Italian: foro — a hole drilled or milled through something
• Macedonian: ду́пка (dúpka) — a hole drilled or milled through something
• Macedonian: о́твор (ótvor) — a hole drilled or milled through something
• Manx: towl — a hole drilled or milled through something
• Russian: отве́рстие (otvérstije) — a hole drilled or milled through something
• Russian: скважина (skvažina) — a hole drilled or milled through something
• Slovene: izvrtina — a hole drilled or milled through something
• Ukrainian: отвір (otvir) — a hole drilled or milled through something
• Bulgarian: цев (cev) — the tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired
• Bulgarian: калибър (kalibǎr) — the tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired
• Chinese Mandarin: 膛 (táng) — the tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired
• Hungarian: torok — the tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired
• Hungarian: ágyútorok — the tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired
• Hungarian: torkolat — the tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired
• Irish: cró gunna — the tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired
• Italian: calibro — the tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired
• Macedonian: це́вка (cévka) — the tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired
• Macedonian: кали́бар (kalíbar) — the tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired
• Portuguese: cano — the tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired
• Portuguese: calibre — the tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired
• Russian: канал (kanal) — the tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired
• Russian: калибр (kalibr) — the tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired
• Spanish: ánima — the tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired
• Bulgarian: бургия (burgija) — a tool for making a hole
• Italian: trapano — a tool for making a hole
• Italian: saetta — a tool for making a hole
• Italian: punta — a tool for making a hole
• Macedonian: бу́ргија (búrgija) — a tool for making a hole
• Māori: wiri — a tool for making a hole
• Bulgarian: досаден човек (dosaden čovek) — one who inspires boredom
• German: Langweiler — one who inspires boredom
• Hebrew: טַרְחָן (tarkhán) — one who inspires boredom
• Hungarian: unalmas dolog/ember — one who inspires boredom
• Irish: leadránaí — one who inspires boredom
• Italian: pedante — one who inspires boredom
• Italian: logorroico — one who inspires boredom
• Macedonian: да́веж (dávež) — one who inspires boredom
• Macedonian: во́шка (vóška) — one who inspires boredom
• Māori: ngutu kotete — one who inspires boredom
• Norman: embête — one who inspires boredom
• Persian: پرگو (por-gu) — one who inspires boredom
• Polish: nudziarz — one who inspires boredom
• Russian: зану́да (zanúda) — one who inspires boredom
• Serbo-Croatian: дoсадњаковић — one who inspires boredom
• Serbo-Croatian: dosadnjaković — one who inspires boredom
• Slovene: dolgočasnež — one who inspires boredom
• Spanish: pesado — one who inspires boredom
• Spanish: pelmazo — one who inspires boredom
• Spanish: petardo — one who inspires boredom
• Spanish: plasta — one who inspires boredom
• Spanish: palizas — one who inspires boredom
• Spanish: plomo — one who inspires boredom
• Spanish: pestiño — one who inspires boredom
• Spanish: muermo — one who inspires boredom
• Spanish: sosaina — one who inspires boredom
• Swedish: tråkmåns — one who inspires boredom
• Swedish: torrboll — one who inspires boredom
• Ottoman Turkish: تلوه (telve) — one who inspires boredom
• Yiddish: נודניק (nudnik) — one who inspires boredom
• Catalan: rissaga — sudden and rapid flow of tide
• French: mascaret — sudden and rapid flow of tide
• German: Gezeitenwelle — sudden and rapid flow of tide
• Hungarian: dagályhullám — sudden and rapid flow of tide
• Hungarian: (folyam)torkolati szökőár — sudden and rapid flow of tide
• Irish: maidhm rabharta — sudden and rapid flow of tide
• Irish: maidhm thaoide — sudden and rapid flow of tide
• Italian: flusso anomalo — sudden and rapid flow of tide
• Italian: ondata anomala — sudden and rapid flow of tide
• Japanese: 海嘯 (kaishō) — sudden and rapid flow of tide
• Māori: rōrea — sudden and rapid flow of tide
• Occitan: mascaret — sudden and rapid flow of tide
• Albanian: shpo — to make a hole
• Arabic: ثقب (thaqaba) — to make a hole
• Bulgarian: пробивам (probivam) — to make a hole
• Bulgarian: дупча (dupča) — to make a hole
• Catalan: barrinar — to make a hole
• Catalan: perforar — to make a hole
• Catalan: foradar — to make a hole
• Crimean Tatar: teşmek — to make a hole
• Czech: vrtat — to make a hole
• Czech: vyvrtat — to make a hole
• Danish: bore — to make a hole
• Dutch: boren — to make a hole
• Esperanto: bori — to make a hole
• Faroese: bora — to make a hole
• Finnish: porata — to make a hole
• French: percer — to make a hole
• Galician: furar — to make a hole
• Galician: aburacar — to make a hole
• Galician: esburacar — to make a hole
• Galician: tradar — to make a hole
• Galician: buratar — to make a hole
• German: bohren — to make a hole
• Ancient Greek: τρυπάω (trupáō) — to make a hole
• Ancient Greek: τετραίνω (tetraínō) — to make a hole
• Hungarian: fúr — to make a hole
• Hungarian: kifúr — to make a hole
• Hungarian: kiváj — to make a hole
• Icelandic: bora — to make a hole
• Ingrian: purata — to make a hole
• Irish: toll — to make a hole
• Italian: alesare — to make a hole
• Italian: scavare — to make a hole
• Latin: terebrō — to make a hole
• Macedonian: ду́пчи (dúpči) — to make a hole
• Māori: ore — to make a hole
• Māori: oreore — to make a hole
• Māori: poka — to make a hole
• Norwegian: bore — to make a hole
• Persian: سفتن (softan) — to make a hole
• Polish: borować — to make a hole
• Polish: świdrować — to make a hole
• Polish: wiercić — to make a hole
• Portuguese: cavar — to make a hole
• Quechua: hut'kuy — to make a hole
• Quechua: t'uquy — to make a hole
• Romanian: găuri — to make a hole
• Russian: сверли́ть (sverlítʹ) — to make a hole
• Russian: бура́вить (burávitʹ) — to make a hole
• Serbo-Croatian: бу́шити — to make a hole
• Serbo-Croatian: сврдлати — to make a hole
• Serbo-Croatian: búšiti — to make a hole
• Serbo-Croatian: svrdlati — to make a hole
• Slovak: vŕtať — to make a hole
• Slovak: prevŕtať — to make a hole
• Slovak: zavŕtať — to make a hole
• Slovak: vyvŕtať — to make a hole
• Slovene: vrtati — to make a hole
• Spanish: perforar — to make a hole
• Spanish: horadar — to make a hole
• Spanish: agujerear — to make a hole
• Swahili: -dunga — to make a hole
• Swedish: borra — to make a hole
• Tày: bón — to make a hole
• Tày: boóng — to make a hole
• Telugu: తొలుచు (tolucu) — to make a hole
• Thai: เจาะ (jɔ̀) — to make a hole
• Thai: ไช (chai) — to make a hole
• Turkish: burgulamak — to make a hole
• Ottoman Turkish: بورغولامق (burgulamak) — to make a hole
• Ukrainian: свердлити (sverdlyty) — to make a hole
• Ukrainian: бурити (buryty) — to make a hole
• Vietnamese: khoan — to make a hole
• Vietnamese: đục — to make a hole
• Vietnamese: khoét — to make a hole
• Arabic: أَمَلَّ (ʔamalla) — to inspire boredom
• Basque: aspertu — to inspire boredom
• Bulgarian: досаждам (dosaždam) — to inspire boredom
• Bulgarian: отекчавам (otekčavam) — to inspire boredom
• Bulgarian: омръзвам (omrǎzvam) — to inspire boredom
• Bulgarian: додявам (dodjavam) — to inspire boredom
• Catalan: avorrir — to inspire boredom
• Catalan: enfastidir — to inspire boredom
• Cebuano: sumhan — to inspire boredom
• Chinese Mandarin: 煩擾 /烦扰 (fánrǎo) — to inspire boredom
• Czech: nudit — to inspire boredom
• Danish: kede — to inspire boredom
• Dutch: vervelen — to inspire boredom
• Esperanto: enuigi — to inspire boredom
• Esperanto: tedi — to inspire boredom
• Esperanto: malamuzi — to inspire boredom
• Faroese: keða — to inspire boredom
• Finnish: tehdä tylsäksi — to inspire boredom
• Finnish: tylsistyttää — to inspire boredom
• French: ennuyer — to inspire boredom
• French: barber — to inspire boredom
• Galician: aburrir — to inspire boredom
• Galician: fartar — to inspire boredom
• Galician: anoxar — to inspire boredom
• Galician: abagoirar — to inspire boredom
• German: langweilen — to inspire boredom
• German: aaööde — to inspire boredom
• Hebrew: שִׁעֲמֵם (shi'amém) — to inspire boredom
• Hungarian: untat — to inspire boredom
• Ido: enoyigar — to inspire boredom
• Italian: annoiare — to inspire boredom
• Italian: tediare — to inspire boredom
• Japanese: いらいらさせる (iraira-saseru) — to inspire boredom
• Khmer: បន្ទ្រាន់ (bɑntroan) — to inspire boredom
• Khmer: រំខានចិត្ត (rumkhaan cət) — to inspire boredom
• Macedonian: до́дева (dódeva) — to inspire boredom
• Macedonian: здо́дева (zdódeva) — to inspire boredom
• Māori: whakahōhā — to inspire boredom
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjede — to inspire boredom
• Norwegian Nynorsk: keia — to inspire boredom
• Polish: nudzić — to inspire boredom
• Polish: znudzić — to inspire boredom
• Polish: nużyć — to inspire boredom
• Polish: znużyć — to inspire boredom
• Portuguese: chatear — to inspire boredom
• Portuguese: aborrecer — to inspire boredom
• Portuguese: entediar — to inspire boredom
• Romanian: plictisi — to inspire boredom
• Russian: надоеда́ть (nadojedátʹ) — to inspire boredom
• Russian: надое́сть (nadojéstʹ) — to inspire boredom
• Russian: наску́чивать (naskúčivatʹ) — to inspire boredom
• Russian: наску́чить (naskúčitʹ) — to inspire boredom
• Serbo-Croatian: доса́дити — to inspire boredom
• Serbo-Croatian: досађи́вати — to inspire boredom
• Serbo-Croatian: додијати — to inspire boredom
• Serbo-Croatian: dosáditi — to inspire boredom
• Serbo-Croatian: dosađívati — to inspire boredom
• Serbo-Croatian: dodijati — to inspire boredom
• Slovak: nudiť — to inspire boredom
• Slovene: dolgočasiti — to inspire boredom
• Spanish: aburrir — to inspire boredom
• Swedish: tråka ut — to inspire boredom
• Ukrainian: набридати (nabrydaty) — to inspire boredom
• Urdu: بور (bor) — to inspire boredom