démotivant
French, adjective/de.mɔ.ti.vɑ̃/
démotivant is spelled D-É-M-O-T-I-V-A-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 132,154th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Démotivant is a French adjective meaning “demotivating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of démotiver. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui fait perdre la motivation”.
What does démotivant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
demotivating
Near-synonym: décourageant
verb
- 1
present participle of démotiver
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui fait perdre la motivation.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of démotivant
- démotivante feminine
- démotivants masculine plural
- démotivantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce démotivant?
- /de.mɔ.ti.vɑ̃/
- \de.mɔ.ti.vɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to démotivant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is démotivant in French?
démotivant appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).