motiu

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [muˈtiw]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [moˈtiw]

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• Rhymes: -iw

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin mōtivus.

Adjective

motiu (feminine motiva, masculine plural motius, feminine plural motives)

1. motive, motional

Noun

motiu m (plural motius)

1. motive, reason
2. motif

Derived terms

• motivació
• motivar
• motivat

Related terms

• moció
• moure

Etymology 2

From mot, with influence from the preceding.

Noun

motiu m (plural motius)

1. nickname

   Synonyms: malnom, renom

Derived terms

• motiuejar

Further reading

• “motiu”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “motiu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “motiu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “motiu”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin mōtivus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

motiu m (plural motius)

1. motive, reason
2. motif

Related terms

• motivar