theme

theme
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IC analysis, accidence, action, affix, affixation, allomorph, anagnorisis, angle, architectonics, architecture, argument, article, atmosphere, background, background detail, basis, bound morpheme, burden, case, catastrophe, causerie, chapter, characterization, color, complication, composition, concept, concern, conjugation, continuity, contrivance, core, cutting, declension, decorative composition, decorative style, denouement, derivation, descant, design, detail, development, device, difference of form, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, enclitic, episode, essay, essence, etude, examination, excursus, exercise, exposition, fable, falling action, feature, figure, first approach, focus of attention, focus of interest, foil, foreground detail, form, formative, free form, gimmick, gist, head, heading, homily, idea, immediate constituent analysis, incident, infix, infixation, inflection, introductory study, issue, keynote, leitmotiv, line, living issue, local color, lucubration, main point, matter, matter in hand, meat, memoir, monograph, mood, morceau, morph, morpheme, morphemic analysis, morphemics, morphology, morphophonemics, motif, motive, movement, mythos, national style, note, notion, ornamental motif, outline, pandect, paper, paradigm, paragraph, pattern, period style, peripeteia, phrase, piece, plan, plot, point, point at issue, point in question, prefix, prefixation, preliminary study, problem, proclitic, prolegomenon, question, radical, recognition, repeated figure, research paper, review, rising action, root, rubric, scheme, screed, secondary plot, setting, sketch, slant, special article, stem, story, structure, study, style, subject, subject matter, subject of thought, subplot, substance, suffix, suffixation, survey, switch, term paper, text, thematic development, thesis, thread, tone, topic, touch, tract, tractate, treatise, treatment, twist, word-formation|

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  • thème — [ tɛm ] n. m. • 1538, surtout didact. jusqu au XIXe; tesme 1265; lat. thema, mot gr., littéralt « ce qui est posé » 1 ♦ Sujet, idée, proposition qu on développe (dans un discours, un ouvrage didactique ou littéraire). ⇒ fond, idée, 3. sujet.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Theme — may refer to:The arts* Theme (music), the initial or principal melody in a musical piece * Theme (literature), the unifying subject or idea of a story * Theme (arts), the unifying subject or idea of a visual work * Theme music, signature music… …   Wikipedia

  • Theme — Thème Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Théme — Thème Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom …   Wikipédia en Français

  • theme — W2S2 [θi:m] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(subject)¦ 2 theme music/song/tune 3¦(repeated tune)¦ 4¦(style)¦ 5¦(piece of writing)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1200 1300; : Latin; Origin: thema, from Greek, something laid down, theme , from tithenai …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • theme — THEME. s. m. Texte tiré de l Escriture, qu un Predicateur prend pour sujet de son sermon, & par lequel il le commence. Il a pris un beau theme. il n a pas bien choisi, bien suivi son theme. c est là son theme. Theme, se dit aussi, De ce qu on… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • theme — [ θim ] noun count *** 1. ) the main subject of something such as a book, speech, art exhibit, or discussion: theme of: Love and honor are the main themes of the book. a recurrent/recurring theme (=one that occurs several times): Musical… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Theme — Theme, n. [OE. teme, OF. teme, F. th[ e]me, L. thema, Gr. ?, fr. ? to set, place. See {Do}, and cf. {Thesis}.] 1. A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text. [1913 Webster] My theme is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • theme — [thēm] n. [ME < OFr & L: OFr teme < L thema < Gr, what is laid down < base of tithenai, to put, place: see DO1] 1. a) a topic or subject, as of a lecture, sermon, essay, etc. b) a recurring, unifying subject or idea; motif, often one… …   English World dictionary

  • theme — (n.) c.1300, from O.Fr. tesme (13c., with silent s ), from L. thema a subject, thesis, from Gk. thema a proposition, subject, deposit, lit. something set down, from root of tithenai put down, place, from PIE root *dhe to put, to do (see… …   Etymology dictionary

  • thème — THÈME: Au collège, prouve l application, comme la version prouve l intelligence. Mais dans le monde il faut rire des forts en thème …   Dictionnaire des idées reçues

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