Definitions for motif

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motif mo·tif

Spelling: [moh-teef]

IPA: /moʊˈtif/

Motif is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 52 anagrams from letters in motif (fimot).

Definitions for motif

noun

1. a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work.
2. a distinctive and recurring form, shape, figure, etc., in a design, as in a painting or on wallpaper.
3. a dominant idea or feature:

Origin of motif

From French, dating back to 1840-50; See origin at motive

Examples for motif

We have then to allow for the growth of a mythology with the twelve signs as its motif.

I thought that you of all people could work out that motif adequately.

He likened her to a motif that remained in his life as a melody that haunts the memory.

Boudins characteristic was not of colour alone, but of motif as well.

This motif has been a classic of anti-modernism for two centuries in Europe.

Listen, there's the Venus motif crossing the Pilgrim's march.

My understanding is that this artwork came first and was soon replaced with the “Sambo as a baby genie” motif.

The motif of the work is most beautifully and pathetically represented.

And again the motif of that hackneyed operetta is heard from his lips.

It complimentarily introduces a hint or two of Wagner's Grail motif.