"inspiration" in seven languages
Meaninginspiration
Spanish
inspiración
/inspiɾaˈθjon/
fem.learned
French
inspiration
/ɛ̃spiʁasjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
ispirazione
/ispiratˈtsjone/
fem.learned
l'ispirazione
Portuguese
inspiração
/ĩspiɾaˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
inspirație
/inspiˈratsie/
fem.learned
Catalan
inspiració
/inspiɾəsiˈo/
fem.learned
English
inspiration
/ˌɪnspəˈɹeɪʃən/
from Latin/French · Old French inspiration, from Latin
English → ItalianinspirationispirazioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
INSPĪRĀTIŌNEM‘a breathing in’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Inspiration was breath blown into you by a god or a muse (SPĪRĀRE 'to breathe'). Italian drops the n of Latin ins- even in learned words: ispirare, istituto, isola.
English relatives: inspire, spirit, respiration, expire
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In a sentence
- esLa naturaleza es su fuente de inspiración.
- frLa nature est sa source d'inspiration.
- itLa natura è la sua fonte d'ispirazione.
- ptA natureza é a sua fonte de inspiração.
- roNatura este sursa ei de inspirație.
- caLa natura és la seva font d'inspiració.
- enNature is her source of inspiration.
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