different between motif vs drawing

English

Etymology

From French motif (1848), with the meaning of "main idea or theme". Doublet of motive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo??ti?f/
• Rhymes: -i?f

Noun

motif (plural motifs)

1. A recurring or dominant element; an artistic theme.

   See how the artist repeats the scroll motif throughout the work?

2. (music) A short melodic or lyrical passage that is repeated in several parts of a work.
3. A decorative figure that is repeated in a design or pattern.
4. (dressmaking) A decorative appliqué design or figure, as of lace or velvet, used in trimming.
5. (crystallography) The physical object or objects repeated at each point of a lattice. Usually atoms or molecules.
6. (chess) A basic element of a move in terms of why the piece moves and how it supports the fulfilment of a stipulation.
7. (biochemistry) In a nucleotide or amino-acid sequence, pattern that is widespread and has, or is conjectured to have, a biological significance.

Related terms

• motive
• phosphomotif
• leitmotif
• motify

Translations

French

Etymology

From Late Latin m?tivus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.tif/

Noun

motif m (plural motifs)

1. motive
2. motif
3. pattern, design

Derived terms

• au motif que

Descendants

Further reading

• “motif” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch motief, from Middle Dutch motijf, from Old French motif (Modern French motif), from Late Latin m?tivus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mot?f]
• Hyphenation: mo?tif

Noun

motif (first-person possessive motifku, second-person possessive motifmu, third-person possessive motifnya)

1. motif:
   1. a recurring or dominant element; an artistic theme.

      Synonyms: corak, pola

   2. (music, literature) a short melodic or lyrical passage that is repeated in several parts of a work.
2. motive:
   1. (law) something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour.

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “motif” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??.(w)??(?)/
• (cot-caught merger) IPA^(key): /?d??.??(?)/
• (intrusive R) IPA^(key): /?d?????(?)/
• Rhymes: -????
• Rhymes: -????? (in some dialects)

Etymology 1

From Middle English drauinge, drawinge, alteration of earlier drawende, drawand, from Old English dragende, from Proto-Germanic *dragandz (“drawing”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *dragan? (“to draw; pull”), equivalent to draw +? -ing.

Verb

drawing

1. present participle of draw

Etymology 2

From Middle English drauing, drawing, equivalent to draw +? -ing.

Noun

drawing (countable and uncountable, plural drawings)

1. A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.
2. (uncountable) The act of producing such a picture.
3. Such acts practiced as a graphic art form.
4. The process of drawing or pulling something.

   Proverb: An official is great in his office as a well is rich in drawings of water.

5. An act or event in which the outcome (e.g., designating a winner) is selected by chance in the form of a blind draw, notably of lots; especially such a contest in which a winning name or number is selected randomly by removing (or drawing) it from a container, popularly a hat.
6. A small portion of tea for steeping.

Alternative forms

• dwg (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• drawing board
• technical drawing

Related terms

• draft
• drawer
• drawn work

Translations

See also

• sketch
• drafter
• draftsman

Anagrams

• Wingard, warding