motiv

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See also: Motiv and мотив

Albanian

Etymology

Possibly from French motif.

Pronunciation

Noun

motív m (plural motíve, definite motívi, definite plural motívet)

  1. cause/reason (that pushes/motivates you); motivation
    Synonyms: arsye, arësye, shkak
  2. motive
    Synonym: moral

motív m (plural motíve, definite motívi, definite plural motívet)

  1. (music) smallest rhythmic unit; melody
  2. (literature) motif, art
    Synonyms: melodi, art, qilima

Declension

Declension of motiv
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative motiv motive motivi motivet
accusative motivin
dative motivi motiveve motivit motivevet
ablative motivesh

Derived terms

Further reading

  • noun motiv/motív (I) "motivation, motive" • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
  • noun motiv/motív (II) "motif" • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

Czech

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Etymology

Derived from Latin moveo.

Pronunciation

Noun

motiv m inan

  1. motive (incentive to act)
    Synonym: pohnutka
  2. motif

Declension

Declension of motiv (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative motiv motivy
genitive motivu motivů
dative motivu motivům
accusative motiv motivy
vocative motive motivy
locative motivu motivech
instrumental motivem motivy

Related terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • motiv in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • motiv in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • motiv in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Etymology

From French motif, from Medieval Latin motivum, from motivus.

Pronunciation

Noun

motiv n (singular definite motivet, plural indefinite motiver)

  1. motive
  2. subject
  3. motif

Inflection

Declension of motiv
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative motiv motivet motiver motiverne
genitive motivs motivets motivers motivernes

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

From Latin motivus, via French motif.

Noun

motiv n (definite singular motivet, indefinite plural motiv or motiver, definite plural motiva or motivene)

  1. a motive
  2. a motif
  3. a subject (e.g. of a book, painting, photo)

Related terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From Latin motivus, via French motif.

Noun

motiv n (definite singular motivet, indefinite plural motiv, definite plural motiva)

  1. a motive
  2. a motif
  3. a subject (e.g. of a book, painting, photo)

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French motif, Italian motivo, German Motiv.

Pronunciation

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Noun

motiv n (plural motive)

  1. motive
  2. reason, ground

Declension

Declension of motiv
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) motiv motivul (niște) motive motivele
genitive/dative (unui) motiv motivului (unor) motive motivelor
vocative motivule motivelor

Synonyms

References

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mǒtiːʋ/
  • Hyphenation: mo‧tiv

Noun

mòtīv m (Cyrillic spelling мо̀тӣв)

  1. motive (incentive to act)
  2. motif

Declension

Declension of motiv
singular plural
nominative motiv motivi
genitive motiva motiva
dative motivu motivima
accusative motiv motive
vocative motive motivi
locative motivu motivima
instrumental motivom motivima

Swedish

Etymology

From French motif, attested from 1622.

Pronunciation

Noun

motiv n

  1. motive; that which incites to an action
  2. motive; theme or subject; e.g. what a piece of art depicts

Declension

Declension of motiv 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative motiv motivet motiv motiven
Genitive motivs motivets motivs motivens

References

  1. ^ motiv in Svensk ordbok.
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