inspirer

English

Etymology

inspire + -er

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aɪəɹə(ɹ)

Noun

inspirer (plural inspirers)

  1. Someone who inspires.
    • 1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 8, page 123:
      Iamus, the legendary ancestor of this priestly house, was a son of Apollo, the god of divination, and inspirer of the great oracle at Delphi.

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnspīrāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁe/
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Verb

inspirer

  1. to breathe in
    Coordinate term: expirer
  2. to inspire
    inspirer confiance à quelqu’unto inspire confidence in someone, to inspire trust in someone
    Ça ne m’inspire guère confiance.That doesn't inspire much confidence in me.

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Latin

Verb

īnspīrer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of īnspīrō

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

inspirer

  1. imperative of inspirere
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