spoor
See also: Spoor
English
Etymology
From Afrikaans spoor, from Dutch spoor, akin to Old English and Old English spor (whence Danish spor), and German Spur, all from Proto-Germanic *spurą. Compare spurn.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /spʊə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /spʊɹ/, /spɔɹ/
- Homophones: spore (in some accents)
Noun
spoor (usually uncountable, plural spoors)
- The track, trail, droppings or scent of an animal
- 1971, William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead, page 10
- Now he has picked up the spoor of drunken vomit and there is the doll sprawled against a wall, his pants streaked with urine.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter VIII
- Even poor Nobs appeared dejected as we quit the compound and set out upon the well-marked spoor of the abductor.
- 1971, William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead, page 10
Translations
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spoːr/
Audio (file)
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch spor, from Old Dutch *spor, from Proto-Germanic *spurą, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-.
Noun
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch spore, from Old Dutch *sporo from Proto-Germanic *spurô, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-.
Middle English
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