Word: Leitmotif
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: from German Leitmotiv, from leit- ‘leading’ (from leiten ‘to lead’) + Motiv ‘motive’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈlʌɪtməʊˌtiːf
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea, or situation
Short Definition:recurrent theme throughout musical or literary composition
Examples:- there are two leitmotifs in his score marking the heroine and her Fairy Godmother
Variant Forms:
- leitmotiv
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