noun
Meaning 1
Someone who inspires.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
inspirer
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rhymes with -aɪəɹə(ɹ)
noun
Meaning 2
a leader who stimulates and excites people to action
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: galvanizer, galvaniser
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: leader
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Latin īnspīrōbor. Old French espirer Old French enspirerbor. Middle English enspiren English inspire Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English inspirer From inspire + -er.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: Inspirator — someone who inspires
- German: Inspiratorin — someone who inspires
- Greek: εμπνευστής (empnefstís) — someone who inspires
- Hindi: प्रेरक (prerak) — someone who inspires
- Latvian: inspirators — someone who inspires
- Latvian: inspiratore — someone who inspires
- Macedonian: вдахно́вител (vdahnóvitel) — someone who inspires
- Macedonian: вдахнови́телка (vdahnovítelka) — someone who inspires
- Macedonian: вдахно́вувач (vdahnóvuvač) — someone who inspires
- Macedonian: вдахнову́вачка (vdahnovúvačka) — someone who inspires
- Russian: вдохнови́тель (vdoxnovítelʹ) — someone who inspires
- Russian: вдохнови́тельница (vdoxnovítelʹnica) — someone who inspires
- Spanish: inspirador — someone who inspires
- Spanish: inspiradora — someone who inspires
- Swedish: inspiratör — someone who inspires