inspiration

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English inspiracioun, from Old French inspiration, from Late Latin īnspīrātiōnem (nominative: īnspīrātiō), from Latin īnspīrātus (past participle of inspīrō). By surface analysis, inspire +‎ -ation. Displaced native Old English onbryrdnes (literally “in-pricked-ness”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ enPR: ĭn'spərāʹshən (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌɪn.spɚˈeɪ.ʃən/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌɪn.spəˈɹæɪ.ʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === inspiration (countable and uncountable, plural inspirations) (physiology, uncountable) The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of breathing. Synonym: inhalation Antonyms: expiration, exhalation Holonym: respiration (countable) A single inward breath (intake of air). Synonym: inhalation Antonyms: expiration, exhalation 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 people to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated. 1688, Jacques Bénigne Bossuet, The History of the Variations of the Protestant Churches Vol.2 (1829 translation), p. 355: The question, therefore, at issue is, not whether those external means be sufficient without grace and divine inspiration, for none pretends that": but, in order to hinder men from feigning or imagining an inspiration, whether it has not been God's economy, and his usual conduct to make his inspiration walk hand in hand with certain means of fact, which men can neither feign in the air without being convicted of falsehood, nor imagine without illusion. The act or process of an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity. Synonyms: motivation, spark, flash, eureka Coordinate term: perspiration Usage notes: In this sense, it may be followed by the adposition to in relation to the person being influenced, and for or to in relation to the idea or activity: A person, object, or situation which quickens or stimulates an influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity. A new idea, especially one which arises suddenly and is clever or creative. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== inspire ==== Translations ==== === See also === Muse Pierian spring === References === “inspiration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Danish == === Noun === inspiration c (singular definite inspirationen, plural indefinite inspirationer) inspiration ==== Inflection ==== === References === “inspiration” in Den Danske Ordbog == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French inspiration, borrowed from Late Latin īnspīrātiōnem (nominative: īnspīrātiō), from Latin īnspīrātus (past participle of inspīrō). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ̃s.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === inspiration f (plural inspirations) inspiration (instance of breathing in) inspiration (divine intervention) inspiration (something which brings about creativity or perseverance) === See also === inspirer === Further reading === “inspiration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin inspirationem (nominative: inspiratio), from Latin inspiratus (past participle of inspīrō). === Noun === inspiration oblique singular, f (oblique plural inspirations, nominative singular inspiration, nominative plural inspirations) inspiration (act of breathing in) inspiration (something which inspires) ==== Descendants ==== → English: inspiration French: inspiration === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “inspiracion”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪnspɪraˈɧuːn/ === Noun === inspiration c inspiration (influence) inspiration (breathing in) Synonym: inandning ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== inspirationskälla (“a source of inspiration”) ==== Related terms ==== inspirera (“inspire”) === References === “inspiration”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “inspiration”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “inspiration”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)