inspiring

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈspaɪə.ɹɪŋ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈspaɪɹ.ɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -aɪəɹɪŋ
• Hyphenation: in‧spir‧ing

Adjective

inspiring (comparative more inspiring, superlative most inspiring)

1. Providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating.

Translations

providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating

• Catalan: inspirador
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鼓舞人心的

• Czech: inspirující
• Finnish: inspiroiva (fi), innoittava
• French: inspirant (fr) m, inspirateur (fr) m
• German: inspirativ
• Hungarian: lelkesítő (hu)
• Italian: stimolante (it), incoraggiante (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: inspirerende

• Russian: вдохновляющий (ru) (vdoxnovljajuščij), воодушевляющий (ru) (vooduševljajuščij)
• Spanish: inspirador (es) m, inspirativo (es) m
• Swedish: inspirerande (sv)

Verb

inspiring

1. present participle and gerund of inspire

Noun

inspiring (countable and uncountable, plural inspirings)

1. inspiration
   • 1874, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art:

     From the severity of his father to the sweet intellectual inspirings of his wife a sadness seems ever to dwell upon his career. It was not that he was unfortunate. Few men have achieved greater success in life than John Stuart Mill.