inspiration

inspiration
inspiration [ɛ̃spiʀasjɔ̃]
feminine noun
inspiration
• selon l'inspiration du moment according to the mood of the moment
• je manque d'inspiration I don't feel very inspired
• mouvement d'inspiration communiste communist-inspired movement
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ɛ̃spiʀasjɔ̃
nom féminin
1) (souffle créateur) inspiration [U]

auteur sans inspiration — uninspired author

2) (influence) inspiration

œuvre d'inspiration romantique — work of romantic inspiration

3) (idée) inspiration

soudain, il eut une inspiration — he had a sudden inspiration, he had a brainwave (colloq)

4) (inhalation) inspiration
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ɛ̃spiʀasjɔ̃ nf
1) (poétique, artistique) inspiration
2) (= idée) flash of inspiration, brainwave

sous l'inspiration de — prompted by

3) (= respiration) breathing in no pl
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inspiration nf
1 (souffle créateur) inspiration ¢; attendre/chercher l'inspiration to wait for/look for inspiration; avoir de l'inspiration to have inspiration; manquer d'inspiration to lack inspiration; auteur sans inspiration uninspired author;
2 (influence) inspiration; source d'inspiration source of inspiration; œuvre d'inspiration romantique work of romantic inspiration;
3 (idée) inspiration; soudain, il eut une inspiration he had a sudden inspiration, he had a brainwave○;
4 Physiol inspiration;
5 Relig inspiration; inspiration divine/céleste divine/heavenly inspiration.
[ɛ̃spirasjɔ̃] nom féminin
1. [esprit créatif] inspiration
tirer son inspiration de, trouver son inspiration dans to draw (one's) inspiration from
je n'ai pas d'inspiration ce matin I don't feel inspired ou I don't have any inspiration this morning
musique pleine d'inspiration inspired music
2. [idée, envie] inspiration, (bright) idea
agir selon l'inspiration du moment to act on the spur of the moment
3. [influence] influence, instigation
c'est sous son inspiration que le syndicat a été créé the union was created at his instigation
une architecture d'inspiration nordique an architecture with a Scandinavian influence, a Scandinavian-inspired architecture
4. PHYSIOLOGIE breathing in, inspiration (terme spécialisé)
5. RELIGION inspiration

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