"motivation" meaning in French

See motivation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mo.ti.va.sjɔ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-motivation.wav Forms: motivations [plural]
Etymology: From motiver + -ation. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|motiver|-ation}} motiver + -ation Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} motivation f (plural motivations)
  1. motivation Tags: feminine Derived forms: lettre de motivation
    Sense id: en-motivation-fr-noun-RZTUk~D9 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -ation

Inflected forms

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