inspirer

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English

Etymology

From inspire +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

inspirer

  1. to breathe in
    Coordinate term: expirer
  2. 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
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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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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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