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theme
English
Etymology
From Middle English teme, from Old French teme, tesme (French thème), from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek ???? (théma), from ?????? (títh?mi, “I put, place”), reduplicative from Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?- (“to put, place, do”) (whence also English do).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i?m/
- Hyphenation: theme
- Rhymes: -i?m (for all senses)
- Rhymes: -i?mi (for the sense dealing with the Byzantine empire only) (Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?)
Noun
theme (plural themes)
- A subject of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
- A recurring idea; a motif.
- (dated) An essay written for school.
- (music) The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
- (film, television) A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.
- (computing, figuratively) The collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc., that "skin" an environment towards a particular motif.
- (grammar) The 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 generally being talked about, as opposed to rheme.
- A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
Related terms
Translations
Verb
theme (third-person singular simple present themes, present participle theming, simple past and past participle themed)
- (transitive) To give a theme to.
- We themed the birthday party around superheroes.
- (computing, transitive) To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).
References
- Theme on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Hemet
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
theme (plural themes)
- Alternative form of teme (“topic”)
Etymology 2
Pronoun
theme
- Alternative spelling of þeme (“them”)
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article
English
Etymology
From Middle English article, from Old French article, from Latin articulus (“a joint, limb, member, part, division, the article in grammar, a point of time”), from Latin artus, from Proto-Indo-European *h?értus (“that which is fit together; juncture, ordering”), from the root *h?er- (“to join, fit (together)”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???t?k?l/, [???t??k???]
- (General American) IPA(key): /???t?k?l/, /???t?kl?/, [??(?)???k?]
- Rhymes: -??(?)t?k?l
Noun
article (plural articles)
- A piece of nonfictional writing such as a story, report, opinion piece, or entry in a newspaper, magazine, journal, dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.
- An object, a member of a group or class.
- (grammar) A part of speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun (a, an, or the in English). In some languages the article may appear as an ending (e.g. definite article in Swedish) or there may be none (e.g. Russian, Pashto).
- A section of a legal document, bylaws, etc. or, in the plural, the entire document seen as a collection of these.
- A genuine article.
- A part or segment of something joined to other parts, or, in combination, forming a structured set.
- 1785, William Paley, Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy
- upon each article of human duty
- 1794, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia
- the different articles which compose the blood
- 1785, William Paley, Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy
- (derogatory, dated) A person; an individual.
- a shrewd article
- (archaic) A wench.
- (dated) Subject matter; concern.
- a very great revolution that happened in this article of good breeding
- 1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year
- This last article perhaps will hardly be believed.
- (dated) A distinct part.
- (obsolete) A precise point in time; a moment.
- 1683, John Evelyn, Diary, 13 July 1683.
- This fatal news coming to Hick's Hall upon the article of my Lord Russell's trial, was said to have had no little influence on the jury and all the bench to his prejudice.
- 1805, Charles Hall, The Effects of Civilisation on the People in European States, Original Preface:
- […] who has more opportunities of acquiring the knowledge, than a physician? He is admitted into the dwellings of all ranks of people, and into the innermost parts of them; he sees them by their fireside, at their tables, and in their beds; he sees them at work, and at their recreations; he sees them in health, in sickness, and in the article of death; […]
- 1634, William Habington, Castara
- each article of time
- 1683, John Evelyn, Diary, 13 July 1683.
Derived terms
Related terms
- articulate
- articulation
Translations
Verb
article (third-person singular simple present articles, present participle articling, simple past and past participle articled)
- (transitive) To bind by articles of apprenticeship.
- to article an apprentice to a mechanic
- 1876, Sabine Baring-Gould, The Vicar of Morwenstow, Chapter LIV
- When the boy left school at Liskeard, he was articled to a lawyer, Mr. Jacobson, at Plymouth, a wealthy man in good practice, first cousin to his mother; but this sort of profession did not at all approve itself to Robert's taste, and he only remained with Mr. Jacobson a few months.
- (obsolete) To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles or accusations.
- 1665, Samuel Pepys, Diary, March 1665
- At noon dined alone with Sir W. Batten, where great discourse of Sir W. Pen, Sir W. Batten being, I perceive, quite out of love with him, thinking him too great and too high, and began to talk that the world do question his courage, upon which I told him plainly I have been told that he was articled against for it, and that Sir H. Vane was his great friend therein.
- 1793, Manning of the Navy Act (Statutes of George III 33 c. 66) ¶VIII[2]:
- […] if the Captain of any Merchant ship under convoy shall wilfully disobey Signals […] he shall be liable to be articled against in the High Court of Admiralty […]
- 1665, Samuel Pepys, Diary, March 1665
- To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- If […] all his errors and follies were articled against him, the man would seem vicious and miserable.
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
Derived terms
- articled clerk
Further reading
- article in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- article in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- clairet, lacerti, recital
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin articulus. Compare the inherited doublet artell.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /???ti.kl?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?r?ti.kl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a??ti.kle/
Noun
article m (plural articles)
- article (a piece of nonfictional writing)
- (grammar) article
Derived terms
- article determinat
- article definit
Further reading
- “article” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “article” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “article” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “article” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Old French article, borrowed from Latin articulus. Compare the inherited doublet orteil.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?.tikl/
Noun
article m (plural articles)
- article (a piece of nonfictional writing)
- (grammar) article
- merchandise, sales article
- section (of a law)
- (dated) joint, articulation
- moment (only in the phrase à l'article de la mort)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “article” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Occitan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin articulus.
Pronunciation
Noun
article m (plural articles)
- article (a piece of nonfictional writing)
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin articulus.
Noun
article m (oblique plural articles, nominative singular articles, nominative plural article)
- (anatomy) joint; articulation
- (religion) article (of faith)
- article (clause in a legal document or treaty)
Usage notes
- Occasionally used as a feminine noun
Descendants
- French: article
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (article, supplement)
- article on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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