motivation

See also motivâtion, and Motivation

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

motive, from the Latin verb moveō (“(I) move”), + -ation

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

motivation (plural motivations)

1. Willingness of action especially in behavior
2. The action of motivating.
3. Something which motivates.
4. An incentive or reason for doing something.
5. (advertising) a research rating that measures how the rational and emotional elements of a commercial affect consumer intention to consider, visit, or buy something.

   The motivation scores showed that 65% of people wanted to visit our website to learn more about the offer after watching the commercial.

Derived terms

• intrinsic motivation
• extrinsic motivation

Translations

Willingness of action especially in behavior

• Catalan: motivació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 動機 (cmn), 动机 (cmn) (dòngjī), 推動力 (cmn), 推动力 (cmn) (tuīdònglì)

• Czech: motivace (cs) f
• Finnish: motivaatio (fi)
• French: motivation (fr) f
• German: Motivation (de) f
• Greek: προθυμία (el) (prothymía) f
• Japanese: 動機 (ja) (どうき, dōki)

• Jèrriais: motivâtion f
• Malay: motivasi (ms)
• Norwegian: motivasjon (no)
• Russian: мотивация (ru) (motivácija) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мотива́ција (sh) f

  Roman: motivácija (sh) f

• Spanish: motivación (es) f
• Swedish: motivation (sv) c

action of motivating

• Catalan: motivació (ca) f
• Finnish: motivaatio (fi)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мотива́ција (sh) f

  Roman: motivácija (sh) f

Something which motivates

• Catalan: motivació (ca) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мотива́ција (sh) f

  Roman: motivácija (sh) f

reason for doing something

• Catalan: motivació (ca) f
• Finnish: motivaatio (fi)
• Greek: κίνητρο (el) (kínitro) n

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мотива́ција (sh) f

  Roman: motivácija (sh) f

(advertising) research rating that measures how a commercial affects consumer intention

• Catalan: motivació (ca) f

References

• (advertising, research rating that measures how a commercial affect consumer intention): The Advertising Research Handbook Charles E. Young, Ideas in Flight, Seattle, WA, April 2005

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Danish

Etymology

From French motivation.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /motivasjoːn/, [motˢivaˈɕoːˀn]

Noun

motivation c (singular definite motivationen, plural indefinite motivationer)

1. motivation
2. incentive

Inflection

    Inflection of motivation

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	motivation	motivationen	motivationer	motivationerne
genitive	motivations	motivationens	motivationers	motivationernes

Synonyms

• motivering

Related terms

• motiv
• motivere
• motiveret

External links

• Motivation on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia

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French

Etymology

motiver +‎ -ation

Noun

motivation f (plural motivations)

1. motivation

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Swedish

Noun

motivation c

1. motivation; willingness of action

Declension

Declension of motivation

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	motivation	motivationen
genitive	motivations	motivationens