motivo

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noun

A motif.

OriginItalian motivo →
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Meanings

nounmotivo (plural motivos or motivi)

plural motivos · plural motivi

  1. entertainmentA motif.

    By the repetition, transposition, inversion, and combination of different motivos, the extended series of sounds is formed[…]

    1853, Adolf Bernhard Marx, The universal school of music, translated by A. H. Wehrhan, page 165

Origin

  1. Italianmotivo
  2. Englishmotivo

Borrowed from Italian motivo. Doublet of motif and motive.

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