motivé
French, adjective
motivé is a French adjective meaning “motivated, enthusiastic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of motiver. Without its accent, motive is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plein de motivation”.
What does motivé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
motivated, enthusiastic
- 2
justified, substantiated, well-founded
une demande dûment motivée
- 3
motivated, bearing a necessity between the signed and the signifier
un signe motivé
verb
- 1
past participle of motiver
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Plein de motivation. 2. Justifié.
noun: 1. Partie d’une signification de jugement dans laquelle le juge expose ses motifs, appelée plus couramment “exposé des motifs”.
verb: 1. Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe motiver.
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 motivé
- motivée feminine
- motivés masculine plural
- motivées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to motivé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is motivé in French?
motivé appears 8.5 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).