inspire

inspirer

Donner des idées à quelqu’un ou lui donner envie de créer ou de faire quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To give someone ideas or make them want to create or do something.

• Your story could inspire others.
• The mountains inspired her latest painting.
• Who inspired you to become a teacher?

Comment l'utiliser : inspire someone to do something (Her teacher inspired her to write poetry.); be inspired by someone/something (The painting was inspired by a childhood memory.)

Synonymes : motivate, stimulate

Contraires : discourage

Expressions courantes : inspire someone, inspire a story, inspire someone’s work

inspirer, insuffler

Faire naître chez quelqu’un un sentiment intense ou une forte envie d’agir.

En anglais simple : To fill someone with a strong feeling or desire to act.

• Her courage inspired us all.
• The speech inspired the crowd with hope.
• Does his leadership inspire confidence?

Comment l'utiliser : inspire someone with something (The coach inspired her team with confidence.); inspire something in someone (Her calm voice inspired trust in us.)

Synonymes : encourage, uplift

Contraires : dishearten

Expressions courantes : inspire confidence, inspire someone with something, inspire trust

inspirer

Donner à quelqu’un des pensées ou des paroles considérées comme venant de Dieu ou d’une autre divinité.

En anglais simple : To give someone thoughts or words believed to come from God or another god.

• They believe God inspired the writer.
• The prophet claimed that a spirit had inspired him.
• Her prayer asks God to inspire her words.

Comment l'utiliser : be inspired by God (They believe these words were inspired by God.)

Expressions courantes : inspire a prophet, divinely inspire someone

insuffler, inspirer

Faire naître une pensée ou un sentiment chez quelqu’un, notamment par une influence spirituelle.

En anglais simple : To put a thought or feeling into someone’s mind, especially through a spiritual influence.

• The vision inspired faith in her heart.
• They believed the spirit inspired this thought.
• His prayer inspired a sense of peace in them.

Comment l'utiliser : inspire something in someone (The vision inspired hope in the weary travelers.)

Synonymes : instill, impart

Expressions courantes : inspire hope, inspire a thought, inspire faith

inspirer, inhaler

Faire entrer de l’air dans les poumons.

En anglais simple : To take air into your lungs.

• The patient was unable to inspire deeply.
• As you inspire, your chest expands.
• The mask warms the air you inspire.

Synonymes : inhale, breathe in

Contraires : expire, exhale

Expressions courantes : inspire air, inspire deeply