🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

ispirazione

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ispirazione

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Inspiration/ˌɪn.spəˈreɪ.ʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2150 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Ho trovato molta ispirazione in questo viaggio."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.

    "Muted colors provided the inspiration for her latest collection."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin inspirationem, meaning 'a breathing into', originating from the classical Latin inspirare (in- 'into' + spirare 'to breathe'). It entered Middle English in the late 14th century primarily through theological senses denoting divine guidance, later broadening in the secular Enlightenment era to signify sudden creative or intellectual stimulation.

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