motivation

See also: Motivation and motivâtion

English

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)owh₁éyeti

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

From motive (verb) +‎ -ation, probably after French motivation and German Motivation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊ.tɪ.veɪ.ʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/, [ˈmoʊ.ɾə.veɪ.ʃn̩]
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

motivation (plural motivations)

1. Willingness of action especially in behavior.
2. The action of motivating.
3. Something which motivates.

   Synonyms: (formal) impetus, (formal) animus

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

• amotivation
• antimotivation
• countermotivation
• demotivation
• extrinsic motivation
• intrinsic motivation
• letter of motivation
• motivational
• motivationless
• nonmotivation
• remotivation
• submotivation
• transmotivation
• undermotivation
• unmotivation

Translations

willingness of action especially in behavior

• Afrikaans: motivering
• Albanian: motivacion (sq) m
• Arabic: دَافِع (ar) m (dāfiʕ)
• Armenian: շահագրգռություն (hy) (šahagrgṙutʻyun), մոտիվացիա (hy) (motivacʻia)
• Azerbaijani: motivasiya
• Belarusian: матыва́цыя f (matyvácyja)
• Bulgarian: мотива́ция (bg) f (motivácija)
• Catalan: motivació (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Corsican: mutivazione f, motivazione f, mutivazioni f
• Czech: motivace (cs) f
• Dutch: motivatie (nl) f
• Estonian: motivatsioon
• Finnish: motivaatio (fi)
• French: motivation (fr) f
• Georgian: მოტივაცია (moṭivacia)
• German: Motivation (de) f, Motivierung (de) f
• Greek: προθυμία (el) f (prothymía)
• Hebrew: מוֹטִיבַצְיָה f (motivátsya)
• Hindi: अभिप्रेरण m (abhipreraṇ), प्रेरणा (hi) f (prerṇā)
• Indonesian: motivasi (id)
• Irish: spreagadh m, inspreagadh m
• Italian: motivazione (it) f
• Japanese: 動機 (ja) (どうき, dōki), モチベーション (ja) (mochibēshon)
• Kazakh: мотивация (motıyvacıya), ынта (ınta), ынта-жігер (ınta-jiger)
• Korean: 동기(動機) (ko) (donggi)
• Latvian: motivācija f
• Lithuanian: motyvacija f
• Macedonian: мотивација f (motivacija)
• Malay: motivasi
• Marathi: स्फूर्ती f (sphūrtī)
• Norman: motivâtion f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: motivasjon (no) m

  Nynorsk: motivasjon m

• Occitan: motivacion (oc) f
• Persian: انگیزه (fa) (angize), برانگیزش (fa) (barângizeš), انگیزش (fa) (angizeš)
• Polish: motywacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: motivação (pt) f
• Romanian: motivație (ro) f
• Russian: мотива́ция (ru) f (motivácija)
• Sardinian: motivatzione f, motivatzioni f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мотива́ција f

  Latin: motivácija (sh) f

• Sicilian: mutivazzioni f
• Slovak: motivácia f
• Slovene: motivacija f
• Spanish: motivación (es) f
• Swedish: motivation (sv) c
• Tagalog: kagnyakan, saganyak
• Tajik: ангезиш (angeziš)
• Thai: แรงจูงใจ (th) (rɛɛng-juung-jai)
• Turkish: güdü (tr), motivasyon (tr)
• Ukrainian: мотива́ція f (motyvácija)
• Uzbek: motivatsiya (uz)

action of motivating

• Catalan: motivació (ca) f
• Finnish: motivaatio (fi)
• Māori: whakahihikotanga
• Persian: انگیزش (fa) (angizeš), تحریک (fa) (tahrik)
• Polish: motywacja (pl) f
• Romanian: motivare (ro) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мотива́ција f

  Latin: motivácija (sh) f

• Spanish: motivación (es) f

something which motivates

• Arabic: دافِع (ar) m (dāfiʕ)
• Bulgarian: подбу́да (bg) f (podbúda)
• Catalan: motivació (ca) f
• Hindi: प्रेरणा (hi) f (prerṇā)
• Persian: انگیزه (fa) (angize), محرک (fa) (moharrek)
• Polish: motywacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: motivação (pt) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мотива́ција f

  Latin: motivácija (sh) f

• Spanish: motivación (es) f, motivante (es) m
• Tocharian B: ṣarm

reason for doing something

• Armenian: շահագրգռություն (hy) (šahagrgṙutʻyun), մոտիվացիա (hy) (motivacʻia)
• Bulgarian: основание (bg) n (osnovanie)
• Catalan: motivació (ca) f
• Esperanto: motivo (eo)
• Finnish: motivaatio (fi)
• Greek: κίνητρο (el) n (kínitro)
• Hindi: प्रेरणा (hi) f (prerṇā)
• Indonesian: motivasi (id)
• Irish: siocair f
• Middle English: chesoun
• Persian: انگیزه (fa) (angize)
• Polish: motywacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: motivo (pt) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мотива́ција f

  Latin: motivácija (sh) f

• Spanish: motivación (es) f, motivante (es) m

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

Danish

Etymology

From French motivation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /motivasjoːn/, [motˢivaˈɕoːˀn]

Noun

motivation c (singular definite motivationen, plural indefinite motivationer)

1. motivation
2. incentive

Inflection

Declension of motivation

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	motivation	motivationen	motivationer	motivationerne
genitive	motivations	motivationens	motivationers	motivationernes

Synonyms

• motivering

Related terms

• motiv
• motivere
• motiveret

Further reading

• motivation on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

French

Etymology

From motiver +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo.ti.va.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

motivation f (plural motivations)

1. motivation

Derived terms

• lettre de motivation

Further reading

• “motivation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Swedish

Etymology

From French motivation.

Noun

motivation c

1. motivation (drive, something that motivates, etc.)

Declension

Declension of motivation

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	motivation	motivations
	definite	motivationen	motivationens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• motivera

References

• “motivation”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “motivation”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “motivation”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)