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surmotiver

French, verb\syʁ.mɔ.ti.ve\

surmotiver is a French verb meaning “to charge, spur on” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Motiver plus que la normale”.

What does surmotiver mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to charge, spur on

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Motiver plus que la normale.

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 surmotiver

  • avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
  • surmotivant gerund participle present
  • ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
  • surmotivé participle past
  • surmotive first-person indicative present
  • surmotives indicative present second-person
  • surmotivons first-person indicative plural
  • surmotivez indicative plural present
  • surmotivent indicative plural present
  • surmotivais first-person imperfect indicative
  • surmotivait imperfect indicative singular
  • surmotivions first-person imperfect indicative
  • surmotiviez imperfect indicative plural
  • surmotivaient imperfect indicative plural
  • surmotivai first-person historic indicative
  • surmotivas historic indicative past
  • surmotiva historic indicative past
  • surmotivâmes first-person historic indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce surmotiver?

  • \syʁ.mɔ.ti.ve\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.