"motive" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Anglais]

IPA: \ˈməʊtɪv\, \ˈmoʊtɪv\ Audio: En-us-motive.ogg Forms: more motive [comparative], most motive [superlative]
  1. Mobile, relatif au mouvement.
    Sense id: fr-motive-en-adj-hrfAgsP9 Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
  2. Moteur ; qui cause le mouvement.
    Sense id: fr-motive-en-adj-1UJdM5uu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: moving, motional

Noun [Anglais]

IPA: \ˈməʊtɪv\, \ˈmoʊtɪv\ Audio: En-us-motive.ogg Forms: motives [plural]
  1. Motif, mobile ; raison qui pousse à accomplir une action.
    Sense id: fr-motive-en-noun-2CKnegeU Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
  2. Motif.
    Sense id: fr-motive-en-noun-UQqz3shu Categories (other): Lexique en anglais des beaux-arts Topics: arts
  3. Thème, motif musical.
    Sense id: fr-motive-en-noun-~KmEufDv Categories (other): Lexique en anglais de la musique Topics: music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms ((Beaux-arts) Motif): motif Synonyms (Motif, mobile ; raison qui pousse à accomplir une action.): motivation Derived forms: motivate, motivating, motivation, motivational Related terms: motif

Verb [Anglais]

IPA: \ˈməʊtɪv\, \ˈmoʊtɪv\ Audio: En-us-motive.ogg Forms: to motive [infinitive], motives [present, third-person, singular], motived [preterite], motived [participle, past], motiving [participle, present]
  1. Motiver.
    Sense id: fr-motive-en-verb-j18i7SXf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: motivate

Verb [Espagnol]

IPA: \moˈti.βe\, \moˈti.βe\, \moˈti.be\, \moˈti.βe\ Forms: que (yo) motive [subjunctive, present], que (él/ella/usted) motive [subjunctive, present], (usted) motive
  1. Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de motivar. Form of: motivar
    Sense id: fr-motive-es-verb-cIbsOlF3
  2. Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de motivar. Form of: motivar
    Sense id: fr-motive-es-verb--nzUXeBo
  3. Troisième personne du singulier de l’impératif de motivar. Form of: motivar
    Sense id: fr-motive-es-verb-7aPAhDkJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb [Français]

IPA: \mɔ.tiv\ Forms: je motive [indicative, present], il/elle/on motive [indicative, present], que je motive [subjunctive, present], qu’il/elle/on motive [subjunctive, present]
  1. Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de motiver. Form of: motiver
    Sense id: fr-motive-fr-verb-VZuzGM0o
  2. Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de motiver. Form of: motiver
    Sense id: fr-motive-fr-verb-phyApBlg Categories (other): Exemples en français
  3. Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de motiver. Form of: motiver
    Sense id: fr-motive-fr-verb-kW0VKsh8
  4. Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de motiver. Form of: motiver
    Sense id: fr-motive-fr-verb-HqZgIyCv
  5. Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de motiver. Form of: motiver
    Sense id: fr-motive-fr-verb-d4JlByeb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb [Portugais]

IPA: \mu.ˈti.vɨ\, \mo.ˈtʃi.vi\ Forms: que eu motive [subjunctive, present], que você/ele/ela motive [subjunctive, present]
  1. Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de motivar. Form of: motivar
    Sense id: fr-motive-pt-verb-cIbsOlF3
  2. Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de motivar. Form of: motivar
    Sense id: fr-motive-pt-verb--nzUXeBo
  3. Troisième personne du singulier de l’impératif de motivar. Form of: motivar
    Sense id: fr-motive-pt-verb-7aPAhDkJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun [Roumain]

IPA: \moˈtive\
  1. Neutre pluriel de motiv.
    Sense id: fr-motive-ro-noun-qerqwsw7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "journal CNEWS, 11 octobre 2018, page 20",
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    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "motivar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Troisième personne du singulier de l’impératif de motivar."
      ],
      "id": "fr-motive-pt-verb-7aPAhDkJ"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "\\mu.ˈti.vɨ\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\mo.ˈtʃi.vi\\"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "form-of"
  ],
  "word": "motive"
}

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  "categories": [
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Formes de noms communs en roumain",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Roumain",
      "orig": "roumain",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Forme de nom commun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Neutre pluriel de motiv."
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "\\moˈtive\\"
    }
  ],
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    "neuter",
    "plural"
  ],
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}
{
  "categories": [
    "Lemmes en anglais",
    "Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en anglo-normand",
    "Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en latin",
    "Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en moyen anglais",
    "Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en moyen français",
    "Noms communs en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "motivate"
    },
    {
      "word": "motivating"
    },
    {
      "word": "motivation"
    },
    {
      "word": "motivational"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Du moyen anglais motif, du anglo-normand motif, du moyen français motif, du latin motivum, neutre du latin motivus (« mobile, relatif au mouvement »)."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "motives",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈməʊtɪvz\\",
        "\\ˈmoʊtɪvz\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "motif"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en anglais",
        "Exemples en anglais à traduire"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Tom Clancy, Patriot games, 1987.",
          "text": "One could be an excuse for the other—but what’s the it that they want to do? Motive, all the police procedure manuals said, was the main thing to look for. Murray didn’t have a clue on their motive. “I could go crazy doing this.”"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Motif, mobile ; raison qui pousse à accomplir une action."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Lexique en anglais des beaux-arts"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Motif."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "arts"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Lexique en anglais de la musique"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Thème, motif musical."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈməʊtɪv\\",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈmoʊtɪv\\",
      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ]
    },
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    {
      "sense": "Motif, mobile ; raison qui pousse à accomplir une action.",
      "sense_index": 1,
      "word": "motivation"
    },
    {
      "sense": "(Beaux-arts) Motif",
      "sense_index": 2,
      "word": "motif"
    }
  ],
  "word": "motive"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Lemmes en anglais",
    "Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en anglo-normand",
    "Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en latin",
    "Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en moyen anglais",
    "Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en moyen français",
    "Verbes en anglais",
    "Verbes transitifs en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Du moyen anglais motif, du anglo-normand motif, du moyen français motif, du latin motivum, neutre du latin motivus (« mobile, relatif au mouvement »)."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "to motive",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈməʊ.tɪv\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motives",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈməʊ.tɪvz\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motived",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈməʊ.tɪvd\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motived",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈməʊ.tɪvd\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motiving",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈməʊ.tɪv.ɪŋ\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Verbe",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Motiver."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈməʊtɪv\\",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈmoʊtɪv\\",
      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ]
    },
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      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "motivate"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "transitive"
  ],
  "word": "motive"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Adjectifs en anglais",
    "Lemmes en anglais",
    "Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en anglo-normand",
    "Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en latin",
    "Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en moyen anglais",
    "Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en moyen français",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Du moyen anglais motif, du anglo-normand motif, du moyen français motif, du latin motivum, neutre du latin motivus (« mobile, relatif au mouvement »)."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more motive",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˌmɔɹ ˈmoʊtɪv\\",
        "\\ˌmɔː ˈməʊtɪv\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most motive",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˌmoʊst ˈmoʊtɪv\\",
        "\\ˌməʊst ˈməʊtɪv\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Adjectif",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en anglais",
        "Exemples en anglais à traduire"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, 1658 ; Folio Society 2007, page 195",
          "text": "In the motive parts of animals may be discovered mutuall proportions; not only in those of Quadrupeds, but in the thigh-bone, legge, foot-bone, and claws of Birds."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Mobile, relatif au mouvement."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Moteur ; qui cause le mouvement."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈməʊtɪv\\",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈmoʊtɪv\\",
      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ]
    },
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      "raw_tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "moving"
    },
    {
      "word": "motional"
    }
  ],
  "word": "motive"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Formes de verbes en espagnol",
    "espagnol"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "que (yo) motive",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "que (él/ella/usted) motive",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(usted) motive"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Espagnol",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Forme de verbe",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "motivar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de motivar."
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "motivar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de motivar."
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "motivar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Troisième personne du singulier de l’impératif de motivar."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\moˈti.βe\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\moˈti.βe\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\moˈti.be\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\moˈti.βe\\"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "form-of"
  ],
  "word": "motive"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Formes de verbes en français",
    "français"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "je motive",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "il/elle/on motive",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "que je motive",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qu’il/elle/on motive",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Français",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Forme de verbe",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "motiver"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de motiver."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en français"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "journal CNEWS, 11 octobre 2018, page 20",
          "text": "Ça me motive et j’espère qu’on me le reproposera un jour."
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "motiver"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de motiver."
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "motiver"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de motiver."
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "motiver"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de motiver."
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "motiver"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de motiver."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\mɔ.tiv\\"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "form-of"
  ],
  "word": "motive"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Formes de verbes en portugais",
    "portugais"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "que eu motive",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "que você/ele/ela motive",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portugais",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Forme de verbe",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "motivar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de motivar."
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "motivar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de motivar."
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "motivar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Troisième personne du singulier de l’impératif de motivar."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\mu.ˈti.vɨ\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\mo.ˈtʃi.vi\\"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "form-of"
  ],
  "word": "motive"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Formes de noms communs en roumain",
    "roumain"
  ],
  "lang": "Roumain",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Forme de nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Neutre pluriel de motiv."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\moˈtive\\"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "form-of",
    "neuter",
    "plural"
  ],
  "word": "motive"
}

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