moteur
French, noun/mɔ.tœʁ/
moteur is spelled M-O-T-E-U-R (6 letters) and appears 49 times per million words in written French, the 1,704th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moteur is a French masculine noun meaning “motor, engine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Entité générant un mouvement”.
What does moteur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemotor, engine
moteur Diesel
- 2
masculineengine
moteur de recherche
- 3
masculinemover; one who causes a movement
Selon Aristote, Dieu est le moteur non mû.
- 4
masculinedriving force
adjective
- 1
motive, driving
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui donne le mouvement ; qui anime.
noun: 1. Entité générant un mouvement. 2. Personne, concept ou entité générant une évolution. 3. Personne qui constitue la source de motivation principale d’un mouvement, d’une entreprise commune. 4. Muscles qui font se mouvoir un membre.
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 moteur
- moteurs plural
- motrice feminine
- motrices feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce moteur?
- /mɔ.tœʁ/
- /mo.tœʁ/
- \mɔ.tœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to moteur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is moteur in French?
moteur appears 49 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).