thème

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French

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin thema, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tɛm/
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Noun

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thème m (plural thèmes)

  1. theme, topic
    Synonym: sujet
    un parc à thèmesa theme park
  2. (music) subject, theme
  3. (linguistics) theme (what is generally being talked about, as opposed to rheme)
    Coordinate term: rhème
  4. (grammar) stem of (usually) a noun or verb, to which inflectional endings are attached
    Coordinate term: désinence
    Near-synonym: radical
    Dans la forme verbale jouons, jou- est le thème, et -ons la désinence.
    In the verb jouons, jou- is the stem and the ending is -ons.
  5. (chiefly in classical studies) translation from one's mother tongue into another language
    Coordinate term: version
    le thème latintranslation into Latin
    le thème grectranslation into Greek
    fort en thème(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  6. (astrology) chart
    thème astralastrological chart
    thème célesteastrological chart
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Descendants

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  • Persian: تم (tem)

Further reading

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