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Yes. The word respire is a Scrabble US word. The word respire is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word respire is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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7-letter words (4 found)

PERRIES,PRISERE,REPRISE,RESPIRE,

6-letter words (9 found)

EPRISE,ESPIER,PRIERS,PRISER,RERISE,RIPERS,SIRREE,SPERRE,SPRIER,

5-letter words (23 found)

EPRIS,PEERS,PEISE,PERES,PERIS,PERSE,PIERS,PREES,PRESE,PRIER,PRIES,PRISE,RIPER,RIPES,RISER,SERER,SERRE,SIREE,SPEER,SPEIR,SPIER,SPIRE,SPREE,

4-letter words (27 found)

ERES,ERRS,IRES,PEER,PEES,PERE,PERI,PIER,PIES,PIRS,PISE,PREE,REES,REIS,REPS,RIPE,RIPS,RISE,RISP,SEEP,SEER,SEIR,SERE,SERR,SIPE,SIRE,SPIE,

3-letter words (23 found)

ERE,ERR,ERS,IRE,PEE,PER,PES,PIE,PIR,PIS,PRE,PSI,REE,REI,REP,RES,RIP,SEE,SEI,SER,SIP,SIR,SRI,

2-letter words (8 found)

EE,ER,ES,IS,PE,PI,RE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 95 words from respire according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of respire

respire

Etymology

From Middle English respiren, borrowed from Old French respirer or Latin respīrō (“to blow back, breathe out”), from re- (“back”) +‎ spīrō (“to breathe, blow”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈspʌɪə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈspaɪɹ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)

Verb

respire (third-person singular simple present respires, present participle respiring, simple past and past participle respired)

  1. (intransitive) To breathe in and out successively.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:breathe
    1. (intransitive) To recover one's breath or breathe easily following stress.
  2. (cytology, intransitive) To take up oxygen and produce carbon dioxide through oxidation.
  3. (transitive) To (inhale and) exhale; to breathe.
  4. (archaic, intransitive) To recover hope, courage, or strength after a time of difficulty.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • respiration
  • respirability
  • respirableness
  • respirative

Noun

respire

  1. (obsolete) Rest, respite.

References

  • “respire”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “respire”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

  • perries, reprise

Asturian

Verb

respire

  1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of respirar

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɛs.piʁ/

Noun

respire m (plural respires)

  1. (Quebec, Louisiana) Alternative spelling of respir

Derived terms

  • avoir le respire court et le discours égaré

Verb

respire

  1. inflection of respirer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “respire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • pierres, prières, reprise, reprisé

Galician

Verb

respire

  1. inflection of respirar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

respire

  1. inflection of respirar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [reˈspire]

Verb

respire

  1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of respira

Spanish

Verb

respire

  1. inflection of respirar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org