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Spira

Spira

See also: spira and spíra

Italian

Proper noun

Spira f

  1. Speyer (German town)

spira

spira

See also: Spira and spíra

Esperanto

Adjective

spira (accusative singular spiran, plural spiraj, accusative plural spirajn)

  1. respiratory

Italian

Verb

spira

  1. third-person singular present indicative of spirare
  2. second-person singular imperative of spirare

Noun

spira f (plural spire)

  1. coil
  2. curl (of smoke etc)

Anagrams


Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σπείρα (speíra, wreath, coil, twist) from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (to twist, turn).

Pronunciation

Noun

spīra f (genitive spīrae); first declension

  1. A thing that is coiled, twisted, or wound.
  2. A coil, twist.
  3. The base of a column.
  4. A kind of cake; a twist.
  5. A coil of rope.
  6. A braid of hair.

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative spīra spīrae
genitive spīrae spīrārum
dative spīrae spīrīs
accusative spīram spīrās
ablative spīrā spīrīs
vocative spīra spīrae

References


Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

spira m, f

  1. definite feminine singular of spire

spira n

  1. definite plural of spir (Noun 2)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

spira n

  1. definite plural of spir (Noun 2)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse spíra.

Noun

spira c

  1. a sceptre (a symbol of power)
  2. a spire (on a tower)
  3. a spar, a pole
  4. (slang) a (woman's) leg

Declension

Inflection of spira 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative spira spiran spiror spirorna
Genitive spiras spirans spirors spirornas

Verb

spira (present spirar, preterite spirade, supine spirat, imperative spira)

  1. to sprout, to grow, to bud

Conjugation


Venetian

Noun

spira f (plural spire)

  1. itch