🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

inspirant

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ɛ̃.spi.ʁɑ̃/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Inspirational/ˌɪn.spəˈreɪ.ʃən.əl/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4200 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Son discours a été profondément inspirant pour les étudiants."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Providing inspiration; or causing people to want to do or create something positive.

    "Her inspirational speech motivated the entire team to reach their goals."
  2. 2

    Relating to or resulting from inspiration, especially of a divine or creative nature.

    "The artist felt that her best works were born from an inspirational flash of midnight clarity."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin inspiratio, meaning 'a breathing into' or 'divine influence', stemming from the verb inspirare. Entering Middle English via Old French in the 14th century, the suffix -al was later added to form the modern adjective denoting something that breathes motivation or creativity into others.

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