respire
English · Español · Français · Português · Română · Thesaurus
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
respire
- /ɹɪˈspʌɪə/ UK
- /ɹɪˈspaɪɹ/ US
Rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English respiren, borrowed from Old French respirer or Latin respīrō (“to blow back, breathe out”), from re- (“back”) + spīrō (“to breathe, blow”).
verb respires · respiring · respired
-
To breathe in and out successively.
Similar: breathe, draw breath, inbreathe, spire, suspire
-
To recover one's breath or breathe easily following stress.
The breath of heav'n fresh-blowing, pure and sweet, / With day-spring born; here leave me to respire.
Similar: breathe, draw breath, inbreathe, spire, suspire
-
To take up oxygen and produce carbon dioxide (as animals do), or vice versa (as plants do).
All living things respire or breathe. To many of us this means that they take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide.
Similar: breathe
- To (inhale and) exhale; to breathe. It is my opinion, that these animals, while they continue in the state of larvae, respire water and not air; and that they inspire the water, not by the mask, but by their posterior part, through which also they discharge it.
- To recover hope, courage, or strength after a time of difficulty.
noun
- Rest, respite. He cast to suffer him no more respire, But gan his sturdie sterne about to weld, And him so strongly stroke, that to the ground him feld.
Translations
Every language
verb to recover one's breath following stress
| Deutsch | verschnaufen |
|---|
Talk about this word "respire." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/respire. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. respire. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/respire "respire." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/respire.Cite this
@misc{respire_2026,
title = {respire},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/respire},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
