different between motif vs emblem

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

Etymology

From Old French embleme, from Latin emblema (“raised ornaments on vessels, tessellated work, mosaic”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (émbl?ma, “an insertion”), from ????????? (embállein, “to put in, to lay on”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mbl?m/
• Hyphenation: em?blem

Noun

emblem (plural emblems)

1. A representative symbol, such as a trademark or logo.
2. Something which represents a larger whole.
3. Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.
4. A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verses, etc. intended as a moral lesson or meditation.

Synonyms

• symbol
• token (to betoken)

Related terms

• emblematic
• emblematical

Translations

Verb

emblem (third-person singular simple present emblems, present participle embleming, simple past and past participle emblemed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To symbolize.

Further reading

• emblem in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• emblem in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Danish

Noun

emblem n (singular definite emblemet, plural indefinite emblemer)

1. emblem

Declension

References

• “emblem” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French emblème, from Latin emblema, from Ancient Greek ??????? (émbl?ma, “an insertion”).

Noun

emblem n (definite singular emblemet, indefinite plural emblem or emblemer, definite plural emblema or emblemene)

1. an emblem

References

• “emblem” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “emblem” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French emblème, from Latin emblema, from Ancient Greek ??????? (émbl?ma).

Noun

emblem n (definite singular emblemet, indefinite plural emblem, definite plural emblema)

1. an emblem

References

• “emblem” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

emblem n

1. emblem

Declension