spira

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See also: Spira, spíra, and Spirą

Esperanto

Adjective

spira (accusative singular spiran, plural spiraj, accusative plural spirajn)

  1. respiratory

Italian

Etymology 1

Noun

spira f (plural spire)

  1. coil
  2. curl (of smoke etc.)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

spira

  1. inflection of spirare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σπεῖρα (speîra, “wreath, coil, twist”) from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to twist, turn”).

Pronunciation

Noun

spīra f (genitive spīrae); first declension

  1. A thing that is coiled, twisted, or wound.
  2. A coil, twist.
  3. The base of a column.
  4. A kind of cake; a twist.
  5. A coil of rope.
  6. A braid of hair.
  7. A pretzel

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative spīra spīrae
Genitive spīrae spīrārum
Dative spīrae spīrīs
Accusative spīram spīrās
Ablative spīrā spīrīs
Vocative spīra spīrae

References

  • “spira”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “spira”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • spira in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • spira in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “spira”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “spira”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

spira m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of spire

spira n

  1. definite plural of spir (Noun 2)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

spira n

  1. definite plural of spir (Noun 2)

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

spira (Cyrillic spelling спира)

  1. third-person singular present of spirati

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse spíra.

Noun

spira c

  1. a sceptre (a symbol of power)
  2. a spire (on a tower)
  3. a spar, a pole
  4. (slang) a (woman's) leg

Declension

Declension of spira 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative spira spiran spiror spirorna
Genitive spiras spirans spirors spirornas

Verb

spira (present spirar, preterite spirade, supine spirat, imperative spira)

  1. (often figurative) to sprout, to grow, to bud

Conjugation

Conjugation of spira (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive spira —
Supine spirat —
Imperative spira —
Imper. plural1 spiren —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative spirar spirade — —
Ind. plural1 spira spirade — —
Subjunctive2 spire spirade — —
Participles
Present participle spirande
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

Anagrams

Venetian

Noun

spira f (plural spire)

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