See motif in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for motif meaning in English (15.1kB)
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "BACH motif"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "network motif"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*mew-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fr",
"3": "motif"
},
"expansion": "French motif",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "motive"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of motive",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From French motif (1848), with the meaning of \"main idea or theme\". Doublet of motive.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "motifs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "motif (plural motifs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "motive"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "phosphomotif"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "leitmotif"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "motify"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "See how the artist repeats the scroll motif throughout the work?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A recurring or dominant element; an artistic theme."
],
"id": "en-motif-en-noun-qvo53rT5",
"links": [
[
"recurring",
"recurring"
],
[
"dominant",
"dominant"
],
[
"element",
"element"
],
[
"theme",
"theme"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "71 3 1 1 5 15 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "motiv",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мотив"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 3 1 1 5 15 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motiu"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 3 1 1 5 15 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motiv"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 3 1 1 5 15 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "motief"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 3 1 1 5 15 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"word": "aihe"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 3 1 1 5 15 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motif"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 3 1 1 5 15 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motivo"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 3 1 1 5 15 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Motiv"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 3 1 1 5 15 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "motívo",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μοτίβο"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 3 1 1 5 15 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "motiv",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מוטיב"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 3 1 1 5 15 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"word": "motívum"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 3 1 1 5 15 3",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shudai",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"word": "主題"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 3 1 1 5 15 3",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mochīfu",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"word": "モチーフ"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 3 1 1 5 15 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motyw"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 3 1 1 5 15 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motivo"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 3 1 1 5 15 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "leitmotiv"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 3 1 1 5 15 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "motív",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "моти́в"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 3 1 1 5 15 3",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ùrlar"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 3 1 1 5 15 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motivo"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 3 1 1 5 15 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "motiv"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Music",
"orig": "en:Music",
"parents": [
"Art",
"Sound",
"Culture",
"Energy",
"Society",
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "9 32 5 16 14 17 7",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Literature",
"orig": "en:Literature",
"parents": [
"Culture",
"Entertainment",
"Writing",
"Society",
"Human behaviour",
"Language",
"All topics",
"Human",
"Communication",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 26 4 11 13 24 14",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Narratology",
"orig": "en:Narratology",
"parents": [
"Drama",
"Literature",
"Theater",
"Culture",
"Entertainment",
"Writing",
"Art",
"Society",
"Human behaviour",
"Language",
"All topics",
"Human",
"Communication",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A short melodic or lyrical passage that is repeated in several parts of a work."
],
"id": "en-motif-en-noun-nEKeDP0K",
"links": [
[
"music",
"music"
],
[
"melodic",
"melodic"
],
[
"lyrical",
"lyrical"
],
[
"passage",
"passage"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(music) A short melodic or lyrical passage that is repeated in several parts of a work."
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "5 63 12 3 8 5 5",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "motiv",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мотив"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 63 12 3 8 5 5",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motiu"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 63 12 3 8 5 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"word": "motiivi"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 63 12 3 8 5 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"word": "aihio"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 63 12 3 8 5 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motif"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 63 12 3 8 5 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Motiv"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 63 12 3 8 5 5",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "motívo",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μοτίβο"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 63 12 3 8 5 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"word": "motívum"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 63 12 3 8 5 5",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"word": "motivo"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 63 12 3 8 5 5",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shudai",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"word": "主題"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 63 12 3 8 5 5",
"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"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 63 12 3 8 5 5",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"word": "rerenga auau"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 63 12 3 8 5 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motivo"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 63 12 3 8 5 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "motív",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "моти́в"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 63 12 3 8 5 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motivo"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 63 12 3 8 5 5",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work",
"word": "motif"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A decorative figure that is repeated in a design or pattern."
],
"id": "en-motif-en-noun-w8fFNEqt",
"links": [
[
"figure",
"figure"
],
[
"design",
"design"
],
[
"pattern",
"pattern"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 12 50 24 6 3 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "decorative figure that is repeated in a design",
"word": "aihe"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 12 50 24 6 3 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "decorative figure that is repeated in a design",
"word": "kuvio"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 12 50 24 6 3 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "decorative figure that is repeated in a design",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motif"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 12 50 24 6 3 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "decorative figure that is repeated in a design",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Motiv"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 12 50 24 6 3 4",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "motívo",
"sense": "decorative figure that is repeated in a design",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μοτίβο"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 12 50 24 6 3 4",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mochīfu",
"sense": "decorative figure that is repeated in a design",
"word": "モチーフ"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 12 50 24 6 3 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "decorative figure that is repeated in a design",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motivo"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 12 50 24 6 3 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "motív",
"sense": "decorative figure that is repeated in a design",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "моти́в"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 12 50 24 6 3 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "decorative figure that is repeated in a design",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "motiv"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 12 50 24 6 3 4",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "decorative figure that is repeated in a design",
"word": "motif"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "8 26 4 11 13 24 14",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Narratology",
"orig": "en:Narratology",
"parents": [
"Drama",
"Literature",
"Theater",
"Culture",
"Entertainment",
"Writing",
"Art",
"Society",
"Human behaviour",
"Language",
"All topics",
"Human",
"Communication",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A decorative appliqué design or figure, as of lace or velvet, used in trimming."
],
"id": "en-motif-en-noun-ma25xijr",
"links": [
[
"appliqué",
"appliqué"
],
[
"lace",
"lace"
],
[
"velvet",
"velvet"
],
[
"trimming",
"trimming"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dressmaking) A decorative appliqué design or figure, as of lace or velvet, used in trimming."
],
"topics": [
"business",
"dressmaking",
"manufacturing",
"textiles"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Crystallography",
"orig": "en:Crystallography",
"parents": [
"Physics",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "8 26 4 11 13 24 14",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Narratology",
"orig": "en:Narratology",
"parents": [
"Drama",
"Literature",
"Theater",
"Culture",
"Entertainment",
"Writing",
"Art",
"Society",
"Human behaviour",
"Language",
"All topics",
"Human",
"Communication",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The physical object or objects repeated at each point of a lattice. Usually atoms or molecules."
],
"id": "en-motif-en-noun--rXJwyS8",
"links": [
[
"crystallography",
"crystallography"
],
[
"lattice",
"lattice"
],
[
"atom",
"atom"
],
[
"molecule",
"molecule"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(crystallography) The physical object or objects repeated at each point of a lattice. Usually atoms or molecules."
],
"topics": [
"chemistry",
"crystallography",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Chess",
"orig": "en:Chess",
"parents": [
"Board games",
"Tabletop games",
"Games",
"Recreation",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "9 7 1 12 18 35 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 26 4 11 13 24 14",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Narratology",
"orig": "en:Narratology",
"parents": [
"Drama",
"Literature",
"Theater",
"Culture",
"Entertainment",
"Writing",
"Art",
"Society",
"Human behaviour",
"Language",
"All topics",
"Human",
"Communication",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A basic element of a move in terms of why the piece moves and how it supports the fulfilment of a stipulation."
],
"id": "en-motif-en-noun-vcdmPQ5a",
"links": [
[
"chess",
"chess"
],
[
"element",
"element"
],
[
"move",
"move"
],
[
"why",
"why"
],
[
"stipulation",
"stipulation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chess) A basic element of a move in terms of why the piece moves and how it supports the fulfilment of a stipulation."
],
"topics": [
"board-games",
"chess",
"games"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Biochemistry",
"orig": "en:Biochemistry",
"parents": [
"Biology",
"Chemistry",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "8 26 4 11 13 24 14",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Narratology",
"orig": "en:Narratology",
"parents": [
"Drama",
"Literature",
"Theater",
"Culture",
"Entertainment",
"Writing",
"Art",
"Society",
"Human behaviour",
"Language",
"All topics",
"Human",
"Communication",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"In a nucleotide or aminoacid sequence, pattern that is widespread and has, or is conjectured to have, a biological significance."
],
"id": "en-motif-en-noun-iNKtfkvA",
"links": [
[
"biochemistry",
"biochemistry"
],
[
"nucleotide",
"nucleotide"
],
[
"aminoacid",
"aminoacid"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(biochemistry) In a nucleotide or aminoacid sequence, pattern that is widespread and has, or is conjectured to have, a biological significance."
],
"topics": [
"biochemistry",
"biology",
"chemistry",
"microbiology",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 21 0 0 0 79",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "nucleotide or amino-acid sequence pattern",
"word": "motif"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 21 0 0 0 79",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "nucleotide or amino-acid sequence pattern",
"word": "motivo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 21 0 0 0 79",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "nucleotide or amino-acid sequence pattern",
"word": "motivo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 21 0 0 0 79",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "nucleotide or amino-acid sequence pattern",
"word": "motivo"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/moʊˈtiːf/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːf"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-motif.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b1/En-us-motif.ogg/En-us-motif.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/En-us-motif.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"motif"
],
"word": "motif"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English doublets",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from French",
"English terms derived from French",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mew-",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"Rhymes:English/iːf",
"Rhymes:English/iːf/2 syllables",
"en:Literature",
"en:Narratology"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "BACH motif"
},
{
"word": "network motif"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*mew-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fr",
"3": "motif"
},
"expansion": "French motif",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "motive"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of motive",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From French motif (1848), with the meaning of \"main idea or theme\". Doublet of motive.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "motifs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "motif (plural motifs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "motive"
},
{
"word": "phosphomotif"
},
{
"word": "leitmotif"
},
{
"word": "motify"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "See how the artist repeats the scroll motif throughout the work?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A recurring or dominant element; an artistic theme."
],
"links": [
[
"recurring",
"recurring"
],
[
"dominant",
"dominant"
],
[
"element",
"element"
],
[
"theme",
"theme"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Music"
],
"glosses": [
"A short melodic or lyrical passage that is repeated in several parts of a work."
],
"links": [
[
"music",
"music"
],
[
"melodic",
"melodic"
],
[
"lyrical",
"lyrical"
],
[
"passage",
"passage"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(music) A short melodic or lyrical passage that is repeated in several parts of a work."
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A decorative figure that is repeated in a design or pattern."
],
"links": [
[
"figure",
"figure"
],
[
"design",
"design"
],
[
"pattern",
"pattern"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A decorative appliqué design or figure, as of lace or velvet, used in trimming."
],
"links": [
[
"appliqué",
"appliqué"
],
[
"lace",
"lace"
],
[
"velvet",
"velvet"
],
[
"trimming",
"trimming"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dressmaking) A decorative appliqué design or figure, as of lace or velvet, used in trimming."
],
"topics": [
"business",
"dressmaking",
"manufacturing",
"textiles"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Crystallography"
],
"glosses": [
"The physical object or objects repeated at each point of a lattice. Usually atoms or molecules."
],
"links": [
[
"crystallography",
"crystallography"
],
[
"lattice",
"lattice"
],
[
"atom",
"atom"
],
[
"molecule",
"molecule"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(crystallography) The physical object or objects repeated at each point of a lattice. Usually atoms or molecules."
],
"topics": [
"chemistry",
"crystallography",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Chess"
],
"glosses": [
"A basic element of a move in terms of why the piece moves and how it supports the fulfilment of a stipulation."
],
"links": [
[
"chess",
"chess"
],
[
"element",
"element"
],
[
"move",
"move"
],
[
"why",
"why"
],
[
"stipulation",
"stipulation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chess) A basic element of a move in terms of why the piece moves and how it supports the fulfilment of a stipulation."
],
"topics": [
"board-games",
"chess",
"games"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Biochemistry"
],
"glosses": [
"In a nucleotide or aminoacid sequence, pattern that is widespread and has, or is conjectured to have, a biological significance."
],
"links": [
[
"biochemistry",
"biochemistry"
],
[
"nucleotide",
"nucleotide"
],
[
"aminoacid",
"aminoacid"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(biochemistry) In a nucleotide or aminoacid sequence, pattern that is widespread and has, or is conjectured to have, a biological significance."
],
"topics": [
"biochemistry",
"biology",
"chemistry",
"microbiology",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/moʊˈtiːf/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːf"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-motif.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b1/En-us-motif.ogg/En-us-motif.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/En-us-motif.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "motiv",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мотив"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motiu"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motiv"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "motief"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"word": "aihe"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "recurring or dominant element; a theme",
"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": "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": "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"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.