aspirer

English

Etymology

aspire +‎ -er

Noun

aspirer (plural aspirers)

1. One who aspires to something.
   • 2007 October 4, Stephanie Rosenbloom, “Calling All Alpha Kitties”, New York Times:

     Yet as the Rapunzel-editor in her high tower, she said, she had begun to feel walled off from the legions of aspirers.

Synonyms

• wannabe

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French

Etymology

From Latin aspiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /as.pi.ʁe/

• aspirer

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Verb

aspirer

1. (intransitive, followed by à) to aspire (to wait, to long)
2. (transitive) to aspirate (to produce breath after pronouncing)

Derived terms

• aspirateur

Conjugation

   Conjugation of aspirer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		aspirer			avoir or être aspiré
gerund		en aspirant			en ayant aspiré or en étant aspiré
present participle		aspirant
past participle		aspiré
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	aspire	aspires	aspire	aspirons	aspirez	aspirent
	imperfect	aspirais	aspirais	aspirait	aspirions	aspiriez	aspiraient
	past historic1	aspirai	aspiras	aspira	aspirâmes	aspirâtes	aspirèrent
	future	aspirerai	aspireras	aspirera	aspirerons	aspirerez	aspireront
	conditional	aspirerais	aspirerais	aspirerait	aspirerions	aspireriez	aspireraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	aspire	aspires	aspire	aspirions	aspiriez	aspirent
	imperfect1	aspirasse	aspirasses	aspirât	aspirassions	aspirassiez	aspirassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	aspire	—	aspirons	aspirez	—
1literary tenses

See also

• muet

Anagrams

• périras, praires, prieras, reprisa, respira, riperas

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Latin

Verb

aspīrer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of aspīrō