motif : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: motif	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for motif
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
motif n a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration Synonym(s): motif, motive a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music Synonym(s): motif, motive a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work; "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme" Synonym(s): theme, motif
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Motif \Mo"tif\, n. [F.] Motive.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Motif The standard {graphical user interface} and {window manager} from {OSF}, running on the {X Window System}.