adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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1
adj
Meaning 1
Tending or intended to motivate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective
Meaning 2
of or relating to motivation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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 English -al English motivational From motivation + -al.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Asturian:
motivacional
— tending or intended to motivate
Belarusian:
матывацы́йны
(matyvacýjny)
— tending or intended to motivate
Bulgarian:
мотивационен
(motivacionen)
— tending or intended to motivate
Chinese Cantonese:
勵志 /励志
(lai6 zi3)
— tending or intended to motivate
Chinese:
勵志 /励志
(lē-chì)
— tending or intended to motivate
Chinese Mandarin:
勵志 /励志
(lìzhì)
— tending or intended to motivate
Czech:
motivační
— tending or intended to motivate
Finnish:
motivoiva
— tending or intended to motivate
Finnish:
ryhdistävä
— tending or intended to motivate
Finnish:
innostava
— tending or intended to motivate
French:
incitatif
— tending or intended to motivate
French:
motivationnel
— tending or intended to motivate
Galician:
motivacional
— tending or intended to motivate
German:
anregend
— tending or intended to motivate
German:
anspornend
— tending or intended to motivate
German:
motivierend
— tending or intended to motivate
German:
ermutigend
— tending or intended to motivate
Hindi:
प्रेरक
(prerak)
— tending or intended to motivate
Hungarian:
motivációs
— tending or intended to motivate
Italian:
motivazionale
— tending or intended to motivate
Italian:
pulsionale
— tending or intended to motivate
Japanese:
動機付けの
(dōkidzuke no)
— tending or intended to motivate
Kazakh:
уәждемелі
(uäjdemelı)
— tending or intended to motivate
Kazakh:
уәждемелік
(uäjdemelık)
— tending or intended to motivate
Macedonian:
мотивациски
(motivaciski)
— tending or intended to motivate
Persian:
برانگیزشی
(barângizeši)
— tending or intended to motivate
Polish:
motywacyjny
— tending or intended to motivate
Portuguese:
motivacional
— tending or intended to motivate
Romanian:
motivațional
— tending or intended to motivate
Russian:
мотивацио́нный
(motivaciónnyj)
— tending or intended to motivate
Russian:
мотивиро́вочный
(motiviróvočnyj)
— tending or intended to motivate
Serbo-Croatian:
мотивацијски
— tending or intended to motivate
Serbo-Croatian:
motivacijski
— tending or intended to motivate
Slovak:
motivačný
— tending or intended to motivate
Slovene:
motivacijski
— tending or intended to motivate
Spanish:
motivacional
— tending or intended to motivate
Swedish:
motiverande
— tending or intended to motivate
Turkish:
güdüsel
— tending or intended to motivate
Ukrainian:
мотиваці́йний
(motyvacíjnyj)
— tending or intended to motivate