motiver

Danish

Alternative forms

• motivér

Noun

motiver n

1. indefinite plural of motiv

Verb

motiver

1. imperative of motivere

French

Etymology

From motif +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.ti.ve/

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Verb

motiver

1. to motivate
2. to justify

Conjugation

Conjugation of motiver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	motiver
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	motivant /mɔ.ti.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		motivé /mɔ.ti.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	motive /mɔ.tiv/	motives /mɔ.tiv/	motive /mɔ.tiv/	motivons /mɔ.ti.vɔ̃/	motivez /mɔ.ti.ve/	motivent /mɔ.tiv/
	imperfect	motivais /mɔ.ti.vɛ/	motivais /mɔ.ti.vɛ/	motivait /mɔ.ti.vɛ/	motivions /mɔ.ti.vjɔ̃/	motiviez /mɔ.ti.vje/	motivaient /mɔ.ti.vɛ/
	past historic2	motivai /mɔ.ti.ve/	motivas /mɔ.ti.va/	motiva /mɔ.ti.va/	motivâmes /mɔ.ti.vam/	motivâtes /mɔ.ti.vat/	motivèrent /mɔ.ti.vɛʁ/
	future	motiverai /mɔ.ti.vʁe/	motiveras /mɔ.ti.vʁa/	motivera /mɔ.ti.vʁa/	motiverons /mɔ.ti.vʁɔ̃/	motiverez /mɔ.ti.vʁe/	motiveront /mɔ.ti.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	motiverais /mɔ.ti.vʁɛ/	motiverais /mɔ.ti.vʁɛ/	motiverait /mɔ.ti.vʁɛ/	motiverions /mɔ.ti.və.ʁjɔ̃/	motiveriez /mɔ.ti.və.ʁje/	motiveraient /mɔ.ti.vʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	motive /mɔ.tiv/	motives /mɔ.tiv/	motive /mɔ.tiv/	motivions /mɔ.ti.vjɔ̃/	motiviez /mɔ.ti.vje/	motivent /mɔ.tiv/
	imperfect2	motivasse /mɔ.ti.vas/	motivasses /mɔ.ti.vas/	motivât /mɔ.ti.va/	motivassions /mɔ.ti.va.sjɔ̃/	motivassiez /mɔ.ti.va.sje/	motivassent /mɔ.ti.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	motive /mɔ.tiv/	—	motivons /mɔ.ti.vɔ̃/	motivez /mɔ.ti.ve/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• motivation
• remotiver

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

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Verb

motiver

1. (Jersey) to motivate

Derived terms

• motivâtion (“motivation”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• motiv (of noun)

Noun

motiver n

1. indefinite plural of motiv

Verb

motiver

1. imperative of motivere

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

motiver

1. imperative of motivera