pour

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• Received-Pronunciation: pô
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• Received-Pronunciation: /pɔː/
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• General-American: pôr
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• General-American: /poɹ/
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• pōr rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /po(ː)ɹ/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /poə/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• obsolete: pour
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• obsolete: pouər
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• obsolete: /paʊɹ/
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• obsolete: /paʊəɹ/
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
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• homophone: pore
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• homophone: poor (pour–poor merger)
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• homophone: paw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
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• CMU ARPABET: P AO1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English pouren (“to pour”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Northern French purer (“to sift (grain), pour out (water)”), from Latin pūrō (“to purify”), from pūrus (“pure”). Compare Middle Dutch afpuren (“to pour off, drain”). To pour displaced several Middle English verbs: * schenchen, schenken (“to pour”), from Old English sċenċan (“to pour out”) and Old Norse skenkja, from Proto-Germanic *skankijaną. Compare dialectal English shink, skink. * yeten, from Old English ġēotan (“to pour”), from Proto-Germanic *geutaną. * birlen (“to pour, serve drink to”), from Old English byrelian (“to pour, serve drink to”). * hellen (“to pour, pour out”), from Old Norse hella (“to pour out, incline”). * temen (“to pour out, empty”), from Old Norse tœma (“to pour out, empty”). Compare archaic English teem.

216 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: изливане (izlivane) — a stream, or something like a stream; a flood
• Dutch: geut — a stream, or something like a stream; a flood
• Dutch: straal — a stream, or something like a stream; a flood
• Dutch: stroom — a stream, or something like a stream; a flood
• Portuguese: despejamento — a stream, or something like a stream; a flood
• Ottoman Turkish: سیلان (seyelân) — a stream, or something like a stream; a flood
• Bulgarian: порой (poroj) — a flood of precipitation
• Dutch: stortvloed — a flood of precipitation
• Dutch: stortbui — a flood of precipitation
• Japanese: 注入 (chūnyū) — a flood of precipitation
• Japanese: 流出 (ryūshutsu) — a flood of precipitation
• Albanian: derdh — to cause to flow in a stream
• Albanian: gumoj — to cause to flow in a stream
• Southern Altai: тӧгӧр (tögör) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Southern Altai: куйар (kuyar) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Arabic: صَبَّ (ṣabba) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Arabic: سَكَبَ (sakaba) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Armenian: թափել (tʻapʻel) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Armenian: լցնել (lcʻnel) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Aromanian: tornu (roa-rup) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Assamese: ঢালা (dhala) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Assamese: ঢলা (dhola) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Azerbaijani: tökmək — to cause to flow in a stream
• Azerbaijani: süzmək — to cause to flow in a stream
• Belarusian: ліць (licʹ) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Belarusian: наліва́ць (nalivácʹ) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Belarusian: налі́ць (nalícʹ) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Bulgarian: ле́я (léja) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Bulgarian: изливам (izlivam) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Burmese: လောင်း (laung:) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Catalan: abocar — to cause to flow in a stream
• Cherokee: ᎠᏨᎥᏍᎦ (atsvvsga) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Chinese Mandarin: 倒 (dào) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Chinook Jargon: wax̣ — to cause to flow in a stream
• Czech: lít — to cause to flow in a stream
• Czech: sypat — to cause to flow in a stream
• Danish: hælde — to cause to flow in a stream
• Dutch: gieten — to cause to flow in a stream
• Dutch: uitstorten — to cause to flow in a stream
• Dutch: schenken — to cause to flow in a stream
• Dutch: pouren — to cause to flow in a stream
• Egyptian: F29-X1-M17-M17-N35A (stj) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Egyptian: V25-V28-W24:D36 (wdḥ) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Esperanto: verŝi — to cause to flow in a stream
• Esperanto: ŝuti — to cause to flow in a stream
• Estonian: valama — to cause to flow in a stream
• Finnish: kaataa — to cause to flow in a stream
• Finnish: valaa — to cause to flow in a stream
• French: verser — to cause to flow in a stream
• West-Frisian: jitte — to cause to flow in a stream
• Fwe: sìntà — to cause to flow in a stream
• German: gießen — to cause to flow in a stream
• German: schütten — to cause to flow in a stream
• German: eingießen — to cause to flow in a stream
• German: einschütten — to cause to flow in a stream
• German: einschenken — to cause to flow in a stream
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌹𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽 (giutan) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Greek: χύνω (chýno) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Ancient Greek: χέω (khéō) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Hebrew: שפך — to cause to flow in a stream
• Hebrew: מזג — to cause to flow in a stream
• Hindi: बहना (bahnā) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Hungarian: önt — to cause to flow in a stream
• Hungarian: tölt — to cause to flow in a stream
• Icelandic: hella — to cause to flow in a stream
• Ido: varsar — to cause to flow in a stream
• Ingrian: vallaa — to cause to flow in a stream
• Irish: doirt — to cause to flow in a stream
• Italian: versare — to cause to flow in a stream
• Japanese: 注ぐ (sosogu) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Japanese: 注ぐ (tsugu) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Khmer: ចាក់ (cak) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Korean: 붓다 (butda) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Kyrgyz: куйуу (kuyuu) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Latin: fundō — to cause to flow in a stream
• Latvian: liet — to cause to flow in a stream
• Lithuanian: pilti — to cause to flow in a stream
• Lithuanian: li̇́eti — to cause to flow in a stream
• Low German: geten — to cause to flow in a stream
• Low German: geiten — to cause to flow in a stream
• Macedonian: тура — to cause to flow in a stream
• Macedonian: тури (turi) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Malay: menuang — to cause to flow in a stream
• Māori: tāhoro — to cause to flow in a stream
• Māori: riringi — to cause to flow in a stream
• Marathi: ओतणे (otṇe) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Mongolian: асрах (asrax) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Navajo: yayiizííd — to cause to flow in a stream
• Norman: vèrser — to cause to flow in a stream
• Norwegian: helle — to cause to flow in a stream
• Norwegian: øse — to cause to flow in a stream
• Occitan: abocar — to cause to flow in a stream
• Old English: ġēotan — to cause to flow in a stream
• Oromo: dhangala'uu — to cause to flow in a stream
• Pashto: تويول (toyawël) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Pashto: اچول (ačawël) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Persian: ریختن (rixtan) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Plautdietsch: jeeten — to cause to flow in a stream
• Polish: lać — to cause to flow in a stream
• Polish: sypać — to cause to flow in a stream
• Portuguese: despejar — to cause to flow in a stream
• Portuguese: entornar — to cause to flow in a stream
• Romanian: turna — to cause to flow in a stream
• Russian: лить (litʹ) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Russian: налива́ть (nalivátʹ) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Russian: нали́ть (nalítʹ) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Russian: сы́пать (sýpatʹ) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Russian: насыпа́ть (nasypátʹ) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Russian: насы́пать (nasýpatʹ) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Scots: poor — to cause to flow in a stream
• Scottish Gaelic: dòirt — to cause to flow in a stream
• Scottish Gaelic: cop — to cause to flow in a stream
• Scottish Gaelic: taom — to cause to flow in a stream
• Serbo-Croatian: лити (liquid) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Serbo-Croatian: сипати — to cause to flow in a stream
• Serbo-Croatian: liti — to cause to flow in a stream
• Serbo-Croatian: sipati — to cause to flow in a stream
• Slovak: liať — to cause to flow in a stream
• Slovene: zliti — to cause to flow in a stream
• Slovene: naliti — to cause to flow in a stream
• Slovene: točiti — to cause to flow in a stream
• Somali: shubid — to cause to flow in a stream
• Lower Sorbian: laś — to cause to flow in a stream
• Lower Sorbian: lenuś — to cause to flow in a stream
• Spanish: escanciar — to cause to flow in a stream
• Spanish: echar — to cause to flow in a stream
• Spanish: venenciar — to cause to flow in a stream
• Spanish: transvasar — to cause to flow in a stream
• Spanish: trasegar — to cause to flow in a stream
• Spanish: trasvasar — to cause to flow in a stream
• Spanish: chisguetear — to cause to flow in a stream
• Spanish: abocar — to cause to flow in a stream
• Spanish: efundir — to cause to flow in a stream
• Spanish: infundir — to cause to flow in a stream
• Swahili: mwaga — to cause to flow in a stream
• Swedish: hälla — to cause to flow in a stream
• Tamil: ஊற்று (ūṟṟu) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Tày: bá — to cause to flow in a stream
• Thai: เท (tee) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Tibetan: བླུགས (blugs) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Tibetan: བཤོས (bshos) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Tocharian B: ku- — to cause to flow in a stream
• Turkish: dökmek — to cause to flow in a stream
• Ukrainian: ли́ти (lýty) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Ukrainian: налива́ти (nalyváty) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Ukrainian: нали́ти (nalýty) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Vietnamese: đổ — to cause to flow in a stream
• Vietnamese: rót — to cause to flow in a stream
• Vietnamese: giội — to cause to flow in a stream
• Vietnamese: trút — to cause to flow in a stream
• Welsh: tywallt — to cause to flow in a stream
• Welsh: arllwys — to cause to flow in a stream
• Yakut: кут (kut) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Yiddish: גיסן (gisn) — to cause to flow in a stream
• Zazaki: rıznen — to cause to flow in a stream
• Zazaki: roken — to cause to flow in a stream
• Armenian: թափել (tʻapʻel) — to send forth as in a stream or a flood
• Azerbaijani: tökmək — to send forth as in a stream or a flood
• Azerbaijani: axıtmaq — to send forth as in a stream or a flood
• Bulgarian: изливам (izlivam) — to send forth as in a stream or a flood
• Dutch: uitstorten — to send forth as in a stream or a flood
• Dutch: uitbraken — to send forth as in a stream or a flood
• Finnish: vuodattaa — to send forth as in a stream or a flood
• German: schütten — to send forth as in a stream or a flood
• Ancient Greek: χέω (khéō) — to send forth as in a stream or a flood
• Japanese: 注ぐ (sosogu) — to send forth as in a stream or a flood
• Japanese: 吐露する (toro suru) — to send forth as in a stream or a flood
• Māori: ruke — to send forth as in a stream or a flood
• Portuguese: despejar — to send forth as in a stream or a flood
• Russian: излива́ть (izlivátʹ) — to send forth as in a stream or a flood
• Russian: изли́ть (izlítʹ) — to send forth as in a stream or a flood
• Lower Sorbian: kidaś — to send forth as in a stream or a flood
• Swahili: mwaga — to send forth as in a stream or a flood
• Zazaki: rıznayen — to send forth as in a stream or a flood
• Bulgarian: изтичам (iztičam) — to send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly
• Dutch: uitstorten — to send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly
• Finnish: vuodattaa — to send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly
• Japanese: 溢れ出る (afure-deru) — to send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly
• Māori: whakarēwai — to send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly
• Māori: tāhoro — to send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly
• Māori: ruke — to send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly
• Portuguese: despejar — to send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly
• Swahili: mwaga — to send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly
• Albanian: dredhoj — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• Armenian: թափվել (tʻapʻvel) — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• Azerbaijani: axmaq — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• Bulgarian: тека (teka) — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• Bulgarian: стичам се (stičam se) — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• Chinese Mandarin: 注入 (zhùrù) — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• Chinese Mandarin: 流出 (liúchū) — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• Dutch: stromen — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• Dutch: gutsen — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• Esperanto: verŝiĝi — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• Finnish: valua — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• Finnish: virrata — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• French: se déverser — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• German: gießen — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• Hungarian: ömlik — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• Hungarian: zuhog — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• Ido: pluvegar — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• Italian: diluviare — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• Japanese: 流れ出る (nagare-deru) — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• Japanese: 殺到する (sattō suru) — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• Low German: geten — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• Low German: geiten — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• Māori: whakarēwai — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• Māori: pātere — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• Portuguese: afluir — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• Portuguese: escorrer — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• Quechua: ch'uychuy — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• Russian: ли́ться (lítʹsja) — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• Scottish Gaelic: sil — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• Spanish: diluviar — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• Swahili: mwaga — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• Swedish: forsa — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
• Swedish: hälla — to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream