moteur

Borrowed from Latin mōtor. Displaced Old French mouveur.

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.tœʁ/, /mo.tœʁ/

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moteur m (plural moteurs)

1. motor, engine [from 1744]

   moteur Diesel ― Diesel motor

2. (computing) engine

   moteur de recherche ― search engine

3. (philosophy) mover; one who causes a movement [from 1377]

   Selon Aristote, Dieu est le moteur non mû. ― According to Aristotle, God is the unmoved mover.

4. (figuratively) driving force

• → Persian: موتور

moteur (feminine motrice, masculine plural moteurs, feminine plural motrices)

1. motive, driving [from 1558]

• “moteur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.