tema

Portuguese

/ˈte.mɐ/

noun
Definitions
  • theme; topic; subject what something is about
  • theme; motif recurring idea
  • (music) theme main melody of a piece of music
  • (film) theme melody that identifies a film or programme
  • (linguistic morphology) theme the main stem of a word, without the affixes
  • (GUI) theme; skin colour schemes, sounds, artwork of an application
  • (historical) theme regional unit of the Byzantine empire

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin thema derived from Ancient Greek θέμα (theme).

Origin

Ancient Greek

θέμα

Gloss

theme

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