Theme Definition
See also thème
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English
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Old French tesme (French: thème), from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma), from τίθημι (tithemi, “I put, place”), reduplicative from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, do”) (whence also English do).
Noun
theme (plural themes)
- a subject of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
- a recurring idea; a motif.
- (music) the main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
- (computing, figuratively) The collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc., that "skin" an environment towards a particular motif.
- (grammar) stem of a word
- (linguistics) thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb
- (linguistics) theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
- (linguistics) topic, what is being talked about, as opposed to rheme
- A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
Related terms
- thema
- thematic
- theme music
- theme park
- theme song
- theme tune
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