motiv

== Albanian == === Etymology === Possibly from French motif. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /motiv/ === Noun === motív m (plural motíve, definite motívi, definite plural motívet) cause/reason (that pushes/motivates you); motivation Synonyms: arsye, arësye, shkak motive Synonym: moral motív m (plural motíve, definite motívi, definite plural motívet) (music) smallest rhythmic unit; melody (literature) motif, art Synonyms: melodi, art, qilima ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Further reading ==== [1] noun motiv/motív (I) "motivation, motive" • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary) [2] noun motiv/motív (II) "motif" • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary) == Czech == === Etymology === Derived from Latin moveo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈmotɪf] IPA(key): [ˈmotiːf] === Noun === motiv m inan motive (incentive to act) Synonym: pohnutka motif ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “motiv”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “motiv”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “motiv”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Danish == === Etymology === From French motif, from Medieval Latin motivum, from motivus. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -iːv === Noun === motiv n (singular definite motivet, plural indefinite motiver) motive subject motif ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== motivere ==== See also ==== tema bevæggrund drivkraft === References === “motiv” in Den Danske Ordbog == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Latin motivus, via French motif. === Noun === motiv n (definite singular motivet, indefinite plural motiv or motiver, definite plural motiva or motivene) a motive a motif a subject (e.g. of a book, painting, photo) ==== Related terms ==== motivere (to motivate) === References === “motiv” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Latin motivus, via French motif. === Noun === motiv n (definite singular motivet, indefinite plural motiv, definite plural motiva) a motive a motif a subject (e.g. of a book, painting, photo) === References === “motiv” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French motif, Italian motivo, German Motiv. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [moˈtiv] === Noun === motiv n (plural motive) motive reason, ground ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== rațiune, cauză === References === Romanian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mǒtiːʋ/ Hyphenation: mo‧tiv === Noun === mòtīv m inan (Cyrillic spelling мо̀тӣв) motive (incentive to act) motif ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “motiv”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 == Swedish == === Etymology === From French motif, attested from 1622. === Pronunciation === === Noun === motiv n motive; that which incites to an action motive; theme or subject; e.g. what a piece of art depicts ==== Declension ==== === References ===