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motiver

to motivate, to encourage

m ɔ . t i . v e
motiv to motivate, to encourage + er Infinitive
verb Rare #44,281
to motivate, to encourage Often used to mean encouraging someone to make an effort or take action.
FR: Elle essaie de motiver son équipe.
EN: She is trying to motivate her team.
Conjugation of motiver
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First motive —
Third motive —
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First motive —
Third motive —
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second motive —
motiver

Notre tâche à nous, c'était de les motiver.

Our job was to motivate them.

— Le Loup de Wall Street (2013)

Il fallait les motiver.

They needed to be motivated.

— Avengers (2012)

Il n'est pas très doué pour motiver, n'est-ce pas ?

He's not very good at motivating people, is he?

— Nuremberg (2025)

Je trouverai de nouveaux moyens pour les motiver.

I will find new ways to motivate them.

— Le Retour du Jedi (1983)

Seulement cela ne suffit pas pour motiver l'intervention de Herlock Sholmès.

But that alone isn’t enough to warrant Herlock Sholmes’s intervention.

Tu dois les motiver pour qu'ils fassent grimper l'action.

You have to motivate them to drive the stock price up.

— Le Loup de Wall Street (2013)