name
Meaning 1
An occupational surname from Middle English
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
spoor
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/spʊə/ without the pour–poor merger
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/spɔː/ pour–poor merger
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /spʊɹ/
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General-American: /spɔɹ/
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Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /spʉːɹ/
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Ireland: /spuːɹ/
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rhymes with -ʊə(ɹ)
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homophone: spore (in some accents)
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CMU ARPABET: S P UH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The track, trail, droppings, or scent of an animal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To track (an animal) by following its spoor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 4
the trail left by a person or an animal; what the hunter follows in pursuing game
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the hounds followed the fox's spoor
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: trail
History
Etymology
From the Dutch and English surname, from the noun spur. From being a maker of spurs.
Early 19th century, from Afrikaans spoor, from Dutch spoor (“track”). Akin to Old English and Old Norse spor (whence Danish spor), and German Spur, all from Proto-Germanic *spurą. Compare spurn.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: spoor — trail left by an animal — see also track, trail
- Bulgarian: следи (sledi) — trail left by an animal — see also track, trail
- Czech: stopa — trail left by an animal — see also track, trail
- Czech: stopy — trail left by an animal — see also track, trail
- Czech: otisky — trail left by an animal — see also track, trail
- French: fumée — trail left by an animal — see also track, trail
- German: Fußspur — trail left by an animal — see also track, trail
- Hungarian: lábnyom — trail left by an animal — see also track, trail
- Japanese: 臭跡 (shūseki) — trail left by an animal — see also track, trail
- Māori: makatea — trail left by an animal — see also track, trail
- Plautdietsch: Spoa — trail left by an animal — see also track, trail
- Polish: trop — trail left by an animal — see also track, trail
- Spanish: rastro — trail left by an animal — see also track, trail
- Swedish: spår — trail left by an animal — see also track, trail