inspiration

See also Inspiration

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Old French inspiration, from Late Latin inspirationem (nominative: inspiratio), from Latin inspiratus (past participle of inspīrō).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪnspɨˈɹeɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

inspiration (countable and uncountable; plural inspirations)

1. The act of inspiring or breathing in.
2. breath
3. (physiology) The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm.
4. The act or power of exercising an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect or emotions; the result of such influence which quickens or stimulates; as, the inspiration of occasion, of art, etc.
5. A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies men to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.

Synonyms

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• spark, flash, eureka

Antonyms

• (physiology): expiration

Derived terms

• inspirational

Related terms

• inspire

Translations

act of breathing in

• Czech: nádech (cs) m
• Dutch: inademing (nl) f, (het) inademen (nl)
• Finnish: sisäänhengitys (fi)
• German: Einatmung (de) f, Einatmen (de) n

• Italian: inspirazione (it) f
• Polish: oddychanie (pl) n
• Romanian: inspirație (ro)
• Russian: вдыхание (ru) (vdyxánije) n, вдох (ru) (vdox) m
• Serbo-Croatian: udahnuti (sh)

breath

• Dutch: adem (nl) m, ademhaling (nl) f

• Polish: oddech (pl) m

physiology: drawing of air

• Dutch: inademing (nl) f, (het) inademen (nl)

stimulating influence upon the intellect or emotions

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鼓舞 (cmn) (gǔwǔ), 靈感 (cmn), 灵感 (cmn) (línggǎn)

• Czech: inspirace (cs) f
• Danish: inspiration (da) c
• Dutch: inspiratie (nl) f
• Finnish: inspiraatio (fi), innoitus (fi)
• French: inspiration (fr) f
• German: Inspiration (de) f

• Japanese: 霊感 (ja) (れいかん, reikan), 鼓舞 (ja) (こぶ, gofu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: inspirasjon (no) m

  Nynorsk: inspirasjon (nn) m

• Portuguese: inspiração (pt) f
• Russian: вдохновение (ru) (vdoxnovénije) n
• Serbo-Croatian: nadahnuće (sh) n, zadahnuće (sh) n, udahnuće (sh) n
• Spanish: inspiración (es) f

supernatural divine influence

• Bulgarian: вдъхновение (bg) (vdǎhnovenie) n
• Dutch: ingeving (nl) f, inspiratie (nl) f
• German: göttliche Eingebung (de) f
• Italian: ispirazione (it) f

• Polish: natchnienie (pl) n
• Romanian: inspirație (ro)
• Russian: вдохновение (ru) (vdoxnovénije) n
• Serbo-Croatian: Bogonadahnutost (sh) f

References

• inspiration in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɛ̃spiʁasjɔ̃]

Etymology

From Late Latin inspirationem (nominative: inspiratio), from Latin inspiratus (past participle of inspirare).

Noun

inspiration f (plural inspirations)

1. inspiration
2. a breath

See also

• inspirer

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Old French

Noun

inspiration f (oblique plural inspirations, nominative singular inspiration, nominative plural inspirations)

1. inspiration (act of breathing in)
2. inspiration (something which inspires)

Descendants

• English: inspiration (borrowed)
• French: inspiration

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881)