motif English

Meaning motif meaning

What does motif mean?

motif

— noun a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration

— noun a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music

— noun (= theme) a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work it was the usual 'boy gets girl' theme

Synonyms motif synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as motif?

motif English » English

motive

theme

subject

design

pattern

main idea

idea

tune

topic

musical theme

melody

intention

conception

topos

thought

statement

reason

principal decorative design

primary pattern

occasion

melodic theme

leitmotif

keynote

intellection

grounds

figure

depicted object

content

centerline

bloc

area

Topics motif topics

What do people use motif to talk about?

States Quality Shape

Pattern, design

• What words refer to a pattern?
  pattern design motif patterning markings

Examples motif examples

How do I use motif in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The repeated triplets are the most prominent motif in that movement of the symphony.

Movie subtitles

Mr. Kent's idea is to introduce the football motif into dress designing.

I found the motif. But another man used it.

You surely noticed that I stressed the last motif much more distinctly, already as a quasi pesant, and don't magnify it.

My wife embroidered the eagle motif on these Hap Ki Do gowns.

It's a motif.

It's a d-damned s-silly motif!

Listen, we're overdoing the boredom motif in this conversation.

They picked out this yellow and white motif for the wedding.

I'm going for a fruit motif.

What you're talking about is like a tropical motif, right?

It's a floral motif, obviously, all hand-done.

I have always wanted to give a wedding shower with a monster motif.

You got your Rat Pack over here, your Elvis motif there your brand new hair accouterments center right here.

I need to find a motif that's about movement.

I have been thinking about a motif and did find one.

And what motif?

I have found out the motif.

Wildlife motif.

Now, listen, you're 6 years old, you're in first grade this phony crying routine and this lip motif is not gonna work anymore.

That's the style. That's the motif.

Cuts beautifully. Blends well with the female motif.

We've got this whole poker motif set up here why don't we solve our little problem with a little game of poker.

He had the opportunity to commit the crime, but as yet, the Police could not find no motif for the crime.

Well, I was a little sneaky with that ice-cream motif.

You wanted to imitate a folk art motif.

What a beautiful motif.

Light was the motif of the age the symbolic enlightenment of freedom of thought and religion the light that suffused the paintings of the time and light as an object of scientific study.

The most elegant and sublime of these bronzes is a representation of the creation of the universe at the beginning of each cosmic cycle: A motif known as the cosmic dance of Shiva.

Just as a decorative motif.

As you know, Master Iruka has been painting pieces. using butterflies as a motif.

I cant believe this! I have always wanted to give a wedding shower with a monster motif.

We were having a nice, quiet drive and you go and introduce this five-shillings motif.

It's a clearly and logically structured, first-class mystery with a serial killer case as a motif.

Yeah. - I'm just redecorating my office in a southwestern motif, and this would be perfect.

If they ground me, Mud, it's gonna be in a concrete room, with a vertical bar motif and a 200-pound fiancee named Duke.