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Webster 1913 Edition
Aspirer
As-pir′er
,Noun.
One who aspires.
Webster 1828 Edition
Aspirer
ASPI'RER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
aspirer
aspirer
French
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin aspīrāre, present active infinitive of aspīrō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /as.pi.ʁe/
Verb
aspirer
- (intransitive, followed by à) to aspire (to wait, to long)
- (transitive) to aspirate (to produce breath after pronouncing)
- (transitive) to inhale, to breathe in
- (transitive) to extract, to suck up
Conjugation
Conjugation of aspirer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | aspirer | avoir aspiré | |||||
| gerund | en aspirant | en ayant aspiré | |||||
| present participle | aspirant /as.pi.ʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | aspiré /as.pi.ʁe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | aspire /as.piʁ/ |
aspires /as.piʁ/ |
aspire /as.piʁ/ |
aspirons /as.pi.ʁɔ̃/ |
aspirez /as.pi.ʁe/ |
aspirent /as.piʁ/ |
| imperfect | aspirais /as.pi.ʁɛ/ |
aspirais /as.pi.ʁɛ/ |
aspirait /as.pi.ʁɛ/ |
aspirions /as.pi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
aspiriez /as.pi.ʁje/ |
aspiraient /as.pi.ʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | aspirai /as.pi.ʁe/ |
aspiras /as.pi.ʁa/ |
aspira /as.pi.ʁa/ |
aspirâmes /as.pi.ʁam/ |
aspirâtes /as.pi.ʁat/ |
aspirèrent /as.pi.ʁɛʁ/ |
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| future | aspirerai /as.pi.ʁə.ʁe/ |
aspireras /as.pi.ʁə.ʁa/ |
aspirera /as.pi.ʁə.ʁa/ |
aspirerons /as.pi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
aspirerez /as.pi.ʁə.ʁe/ |
aspireront /as.pi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | aspirerais /as.pi.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
aspirerais /as.pi.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
aspirerait /as.pi.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
aspirerions /as.pi.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
aspireriez /as.pi.ʁə.ʁje/ |
aspireraient /as.pi.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | aspire /as.piʁ/ |
aspires /as.piʁ/ |
aspire /as.piʁ/ |
aspirions /as.pi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
aspiriez /as.pi.ʁje/ |
aspirent /as.piʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
aspirasse /as.pi.ʁas/ |
aspirasses /as.pi.ʁas/ |
aspirât /as.pi.ʁa/ |
aspirassions /as.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
aspirassiez /as.pi.ʁa.sje/ |
aspirassent /as.pi.ʁas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | aspire /as.piʁ/ |
— | aspirons /as.pi.ʁɔ̃/ |
aspirez /as.pi.ʁe/ |
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