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motif.

motive

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/mɔ.tif/

  1. motive

    masculine
    pour des motifs qui échappent à tout le monde, à toute logique, à notre appréciation
    Pour un motif qui m'échappe, un certain merdeux s'est mis à feindre de s'intéresser à mon bien-etre.

  2. motif

    masculine

  3. pattern, design

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Late Latin mōtīvus.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.