spira

See also: Spira and spíra

Esperanto

Adjective

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

1. respiratory

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Italian

Verb

spira

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

Noun

spira f (plural spire)

1. coil
2. curl (of smoke etc)

Anagrams

• aspri, parsi, raspi, spari, sparì

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈspiː.ra/, [ˈs̠piː.ɾa]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspi.ra/, [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.

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, 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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

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

Noun

spira m or f

1. definite feminine singular of spire

spira n

1. definite plural of spir (Noun 2)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

spira n

1. definite plural of spir (Noun 2)

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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. to sprout, to grow, to bud

Conjugation

Conjugation of spira (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	spira		—
Supine	spirat		—
Imperative	spira		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	spirar	spirade	—	—
Indicative plural1	spira	spirade	—	—
Subjunctive2	spire	spirade	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	spirande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Anagrams

• Paris, prisa, ripas, sirap

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Venetian

Noun

spira f (plural spire)

1. itch