inspirer
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪəɹə(ɹ)
Translations
someone who inspires
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁe/
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Verb
inspirer
- to breathe in
- Coordinate term: expirer
- to inspire
- inspirer confiance à quelqu’un ― to inspire confidence in someone, to inspire trust in someone
- Ça ne m’inspire guère confiance. ― That doesn't inspire much confidence in me.
Conjugation
Conjugation of inspirer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | inspirer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | inspirant /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | inspiré /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | inspire /ɛ̃s.piʁ/ |
inspires /ɛ̃s.piʁ/ |
inspire /ɛ̃s.piʁ/ |
inspirons /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁɔ̃/ |
inspirez /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁe/ |
inspirent /ɛ̃s.piʁ/ |
imperfect | inspirais /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁɛ/ |
inspirais /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁɛ/ |
inspirait /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁɛ/ |
inspirions /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
inspiriez /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁje/ |
inspiraient /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | inspirai /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁe/ |
inspiras /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁa/ |
inspira /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁa/ |
inspirâmes /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁam/ |
inspirâtes /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁat/ |
inspirèrent /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁɛʁ/ | |
future | inspirerai /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁe/ |
inspireras /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁa/ |
inspirera /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁa/ |
inspirerons /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
inspirerez /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁe/ |
inspireront /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | inspirerais /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
inspirerais /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
inspirerait /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
inspirerions /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
inspireriez /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁje/ |
inspireraient /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | inspire /ɛ̃s.piʁ/ |
inspires /ɛ̃s.piʁ/ |
inspire /ɛ̃s.piʁ/ |
inspirions /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
inspiriez /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁje/ |
inspirent /ɛ̃s.piʁ/ |
imperfect2 | inspirasse /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁas/ |
inspirasses /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁas/ |
inspirât /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁa/ |
inspirassions /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
inspirassiez /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁa.sje/ |
inspirassent /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | inspire /ɛ̃s.piʁ/ |
— | inspirons /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁɔ̃/ |
inspirez /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁe/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “inspirer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
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