# motiv
## Albanian
### Etymology

Possibly from French motif.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

#### Derived terms

* motivoj
* motivohem
* motivim
* motivuar
* motivues
* motivuese
* motivueshëm
* motivueshme

#### Further reading

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

## Czech
### Etymology

Derived from Latin moveo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmotɪf]
* IPA: [ˈmotiːf]

### Noun

motiv m inan
* motive (incentive to act)
    Synonym: pohnutka
* motif

#### Related terms

* automobil
* automobilismus
* automobilista
* automobilistický
* demobilizace
* demobilizovat
* demotivace
* demotivovat
* elektromotor
* emoce
* emocionální
* emotivní
* lokomoce
* lokomotiva
* mobil
* mobiliář
* mobilita
* mobilizace
* mobilizovat
* mobilní
* moment
* momentální
* momentka
* motilita
* motivace
* motivovat
* motocykl
* motocyklista
* motokára
* motor
* motorák
* motorický
* motorika
* motorista
* motoristický
* motorismus
* motorizovat
* motorizace
* motorka
* motorový
* mutace
* mutant
* mutovat
* nemotorný
* nemovitost
* nemovitý
* permutace
* permutovat
* promoce
* promovat
* psychomotorický
* senzomotorický
* transmutace
* transmutovat

### 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), 2008–2025

## 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

#### Inflection
### 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: [moˈtiv]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

motiv n (plural motive)
* motive
* reason, ground

#### 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: /mǒtiːʋ/
* Hyphenation: mo‧tiv

### Noun

mòtīv m (Cyrillic spelling мо̀тӣв)
* motive (incentive to act)
* motif

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology

From French motif, attested from 1622.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

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

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ motiv in Svensk ordbok.