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motivational

/ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃ(ə.)nəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English

Syllables
mo-ti-va-tion-al
IPA
/ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃ(ə.)nəl/
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending or intended to motivate.

Etymology

Etymology tree Anglo-Norman motifder. Middle French motifder. Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin mōtus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin mōtīvumder. Middle English motif English motive Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English motivation English -al English motivational From motivation + -al.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃ(ə.)nəl/
  • British English: /ˈməʊ.tɪ.veɪ.ʃə.nəl/

Inflected Forms

more motivational (comparative) most motivational (superlative)

Derived Forms

amotivational antimotivational demotivational motivationally nonmotivational

Rhymes With

educational operational recreational organizational inspirational occupational vocational computational sensational gravitational generational relational

Questions

How do you pronounce motivational?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃ(ə.)nəl/.
What does motivational mean?
Tending or intended to motivate.
Where does motivational come from?
Etymology tree Anglo-Norman motifder. Middle French motifder. Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin mōtus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin mōtīvumder. Middle English motif English motive Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English motivation English -al English motivational From motivation + -al.

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