motivation

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈməʊ.tɪ.veɪ.ʃən/
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• General-American: /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/
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• General-American: [ˈmoʊ.ɾə.veɪ.ʃn̩]
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: M OW2 T AH0 V EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Anglo-Norman motifder. Middle French motifder. Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh1- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh1éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin mōtus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin mōtīvumder. Middle English motif English motive Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English motivation From motive (verb) + -ation, probably after French motivation and German Motivation.

111 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: motivering — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Albanian: motivacion — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Arabic: دَافِع (dāfiʕ) — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Armenian: շահագրգռություն (šahagrgṙutʻyun) — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Armenian: մոտիվացիա (motivacʻia) — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Azerbaijani: motivasiya — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Belarusian: матыва́цыя (matyvácyja) — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Bulgarian: мотива́ция (motivácija) — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Catalan: motivació — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Chinese Mandarin: 動機 /动机 (dòngjī) — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Chinese Mandarin: 推動力 /推动力 (tuīdònglì) — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Corsican: mutivazione — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Corsican: motivazione — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Corsican: mutivazioni — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Czech: motivace — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Dutch: motivatie — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Estonian: motivatsioon — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Finnish: motivaatio — willingness of action especially in behavior
• French: motivation — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Georgian: მოტივაცია (moṭivacia) — willingness of action especially in behavior
• German: Motivation — willingness of action especially in behavior
• German: Motivierung — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Greek: προθυμία (prothymía) — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Hebrew: מוֹטִיבַצְיָה (motivátsya) — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Hindi: अभिप्रेरण (abhipreraṇ) — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Hindi: प्रेरणा (prerṇā) — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Indonesian: motivasi — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Irish: spreagadh — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Irish: inspreagadh — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Italian: motivazione — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Japanese: 動機 (dōki) — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Japanese: モチベーション (mochibēshon) — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Kazakh: мотивация (motivasiä) — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Kazakh: ынта (ynta) — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Kazakh: ынта-жігер (ynta-jıger) — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Korean: 동기 (donggi) — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Latvian: motivācija — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Lithuanian: motyvacija — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Macedonian: мотивација (motivacija) — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Malay: motivasi — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Marathi: स्फूर्ती (sphūrtī) — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Norman: motivâtion — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Norwegian Bokmål: motivasjon — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Norwegian Nynorsk: motivasjon — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Occitan: motivacion — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Persian: انگیزه (angize) — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Persian: برانگیزش (barângizeš) — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Persian: انگیزش (angizeš) — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Polish: motywacja — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Portuguese: motivação — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Romanian: motivație — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Russian: мотива́ция (motivácija) — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Sardinian: motivatzione — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Sardinian: motivatzioni — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Serbo-Croatian: мотива́ција — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Serbo-Croatian: motivácija — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Sicilian: mutivazzioni — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Slovak: motivácia — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Slovene: motivacija — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Spanish: motivación — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Swedish: motivation — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Tagalog: kagnyakan — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Tagalog: saganyak — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Tajik: ангезиш (angeziš) — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Thai: แรงจูงใจ (rɛɛng-juung-jai) — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Turkish: güdü — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Turkish: motivasyon — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Ukrainian: мотива́ція (motyvácija) — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Uzbek: motivatsiya — willingness of action especially in behavior
• Catalan: motivació — action of motivating
• Finnish: motivaatio — action of motivating
• Māori: whakahihikotanga — action of motivating
• Persian: انگیزش (angizeš) — action of motivating
• Persian: تحریک (tahrik) — action of motivating
• Polish: motywacja — action of motivating
• Romanian: motivare — action of motivating
• Serbo-Croatian: мотива́ција — action of motivating
• Serbo-Croatian: motivácija — action of motivating
• Spanish: motivación — action of motivating
• Arabic: دافِع (dāfiʕ) — something which motivates
• Bulgarian: подбу́да (podbúda) — something which motivates
• Catalan: motivació — something which motivates
• Hindi: प्रेरणा (prerṇā) — something which motivates
• Persian: انگیزه (angize) — something which motivates
• Persian: محرک (moharrek) — something which motivates
• Polish: motywacja — something which motivates
• Portuguese: motivação — something which motivates
• Serbo-Croatian: мотива́ција — something which motivates
• Serbo-Croatian: motivácija — something which motivates
• Spanish: motivación — something which motivates
• Spanish: motivante — something which motivates
• Tocharian B: ṣarm — something which motivates
• Armenian: շահագրգռություն (šahagrgṙutʻyun) — reason for doing something
• Armenian: մոտիվացիա (motivacʻia) — reason for doing something
• Bulgarian: основание (osnovanie) — reason for doing something
• Catalan: motivació — reason for doing something
• Esperanto: motivo — reason for doing something
• Finnish: motivaatio — reason for doing something
• Greek: κίνητρο (kínitro) — reason for doing something
• Hindi: प्रेरणा (prerṇā) — reason for doing something
• Indonesian: motivasi — reason for doing something
• Irish: siocair — reason for doing something
• Middle English: chesoun — reason for doing something
• Persian: انگیزه (angize) — reason for doing something
• Polish: motywacja — reason for doing something
• Portuguese: motivo — reason for doing something
• Serbo-Croatian: мотива́ција — reason for doing something
• Serbo-Croatian: motivácija — reason for doing something
• Spanish: motivación — reason for doing something
• Spanish: motivante — reason for doing something
• Catalan: motivació — research rating that measures how a commercial affects consumer intention