Translations: the word in the other languages
- Afrikaans: motief
- Amharic: ውስጣዊ ሐሳብ
- Arabic: دافع
- Azerbaijani: motiv
- Bashkir: мотивтары
- Belarusian: матыў
- Bulgarian: мотив
- Bengali: উদ্দেশ্য
- Bosnian: motiv
- Catalan: motiu
- Cebuano: motibo
- Czech: motiv
- Welsh: cymhelliad
- Danish: motiv
- German: Motiv
- Greek: κίνητρο
- Esperanto: motivo
- Spanish: motivo
- Estonian: motiiv
- Basque: arrazoia
- Persian: انگیزه
- Finnish: motiivi
- French: motif
- Irish: ghluaiste
- Scottish Gaelic: motive
- Galician: motivo
- Gujarati: હેતુ
- Hebrew: מניע
- Hindi: मकसद
- Croatian: motiv
- Haitian: motif
- Hungarian: indíték
- Armenian: շարժիչ
- Indonesian: motif
- Icelandic: hvöt
- Italian: motivo
- Japanese: 動機
- Javanese: alasan
- Georgian: მოტივი
- Kazakh: мотив
- Khmer: ជម្រុញ
- Kannada: ಮೋಟಿವ್
- Korean: 동기
- Kyrgyz: себеби
- Latin: causa
- Luxembourgish: Motiv
- Lao: ລະດົມໃຈ
- Lithuanian: motyvas
- Latvian: motīvs
- Malagasy: antony
- Mari: негыз
- Maori: tumu
- Macedonian: мотив
- Malayalam: പ്രേരകം
- Mongolian: хөдөлгөгч хүч
- Marathi: हेतू
- Hill Mari: семын
- Malay: motif
- Maltese: motiv
- Burmese: စိတ်ရင်း
- Nepali: उद्देश्य
- Dutch: motief
- Norwegian: motiv
- Punjabi: ਮਨੋਰਥ
- Papiamento: motibu
- Polish: motyw
- Portuguese: motivo
- Romanian: motiv
- Russian: мотив
- Sinhalese: අරමුණක්
- Slovak: motív
- Slovenian: motiv
- Albanian: motivi
- Serbian: мотив
- Sundanese: motif
- Swedish: motiv
- Swahili: nia
- Tamil: நோக்கம்
- Telugu: కారణము
- Tajik: беш аз нияти сайд
- Thai: แรงจูงใจ
- Tagalog: motibo
- Turkish: sebebi
- Tatar: мотив
- Udmurt: гур
- Ukrainian: мотив
- Urdu: مقصد
- Uzbek: niyatlar
- Vietnamese: động cơ
- Xhosa: motive
- Yiddish: מאָטיוו
- Chinese: 的动机
Synonyms, close and similar words for motive
- motif
- ground
- reason
- theme
- pretext
- inducements
- why
- grounds
- matter
- subject
- impulse
- incentive
- inducement
- impulsion
- motivate
- cause
- motional
- impellent
- pattern
- design