See motif in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motif"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motivo"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Motiv"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "motívo",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μοτίβο"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "motiv",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מוטיב"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"word": "motívum"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shudai",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"word": "主題"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mochīfu",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"word": "モチーフ"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motyw"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motivo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "leitmotiv"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "motív",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "моти́в"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ùrlar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motivo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "leitmotiv"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "laitmotif"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "motiv"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "motiv",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мотив"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motiu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"word": "motiivi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"word": "aihio"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motif"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Motiv"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "motívo",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μοτίβο"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"word": "motívum"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"word": "motivo"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shudai",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"word": "主題"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mochīfu",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"word": "モチーフ"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"word": "rerenga auau"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motivo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "motív",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "моти́в"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motivo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "leitmotiv"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "laitmotif"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"word": "motif"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "decorative figure that is repeated in a design",
"word": "aihe"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "decorative figure that is repeated in a design",
"word": "kuvio"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "decorative figure that is repeated in a design",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motif"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "decorative figure that is repeated in a design",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Motiv"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "motívo",
"sense": "decorative figure that is repeated in a design",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μοτίβο"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mochīfu",
"sense": "decorative figure that is repeated in a design",
"word": "モチーフ"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "decorative figure that is repeated in a design",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motivo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "motív",
"sense": "decorative figure that is repeated in a design",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "моти́в"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "decorative figure that is repeated in a design",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "motiv"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "decorative figure that is repeated in a design",
"word": "motif"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "nucleotide or amino-acid sequence pattern",
"word": "motif"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "nucleotide or amino-acid sequence pattern",
"word": "motivo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "nucleotide or amino-acid sequence pattern",
"word": "motivo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "nucleotide or amino-acid sequence pattern",
"word": "motivo"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"motif"
],
"word": "motif"
}
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