spira

See also: Spira, spíra, and Spirą

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspira/
• Rhymes: -ira
• Syllabification: spi‧ra

Adjective

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

1. respiratory

Further reading

• “spira”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN

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

• Parìs, Sapri, aspri, asprì, parsi, raspi, spari, sparì

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈspiː.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈspiː.ra]

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.

	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, 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

• spiren (of spire)
• spirene (of spir)

Noun

spira m or f

1. definite feminine singular of spire

Noun

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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	spira	spiras
	definite	spiran	spirans
plural	indefinite	spiror	spirors
	definite	spirorna	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	—	—
present participle		spirande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• spirning

References

• “spira”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “spira”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “spira”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• spira in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• Paris, prisa, ripas, sirap

Venetan

Noun

spira f (plural spire)

1. itch