leitmotif

Etymology
From, from + , originally used to describe Wagnerian opera.

Noun

 * 1)  A melodic theme associated with a particular character, place, thing or idea in an opera.
 * 2)  A recurring theme.
 * 1)  A recurring theme.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: johtoaihe
 * French:
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 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: leiðarstef
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: leitmotiv
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * French:, thème récurrent, ,
 * Spanish: