leitmotiv

See also: Leitmotiv

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

leitmotiv (plural leitmotivs)

1. Alternative form of leitmotif

French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Leitmotiv.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛt.mɔ.tiv/

Noun

leitmotiv m (plural leitmotivs)

1. leitmotif

Further reading

• “leitmotiv”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Leitmotiv.

Noun

leitmotiv m (invariable)

1. leitmotif (musical or otherwise)

Portuguese

Noun

leitmotiv m (plural leitmotiven or leitmotiv or leitmotivs or leitmotives)

1. (music) leitmotif (a recurring melodic theme in an opera)
2. (by extension) leitmotif (recurring theme)

Romanian

Noun

leitmotiv n (plural leitmotivuri)

1. Obsolete form of laitmotiv.

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	leitmotiv	leitmotivul		leitmotivuri	leitmotivurile
genitive-dative	leitmotiv	leitmotivului		leitmotivuri	leitmotivurilor
vocative	leitmotivule			leitmotivurilor

References

• leitmotiv in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Alternative forms

• leitmotif

Etymology

German Leitmotiv.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lei(d)moˈtif/ [lei̯(ð̞).moˈt̪if]
  • Rhymes: -if
• IPA^(key): /lei(d)moˈtib/ [lei̯(ð̞).moˈt̪iβ̞]
  • Rhymes: -ib

Noun

leitmotiv m (plural leitmotivs or leitmotiv)

1. (music) leitmotif (a recurring melodic theme in an opera)
2. (by extension) leitmotif (recurring theme)

Further reading

• “leitmotiv”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “leitmotiv” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN