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theme
English
Etymology
From Middle English teme, from Old French teme, tesme (French thème), from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek ???? (théma), from ?????? (títh?mi, “I put, place”), reduplicative from Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?- (“to put, place, do”) (whence also English do).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i?m/
- Hyphenation: theme
- Rhymes: -i?m (for all senses)
- Rhymes: -i?mi (for the sense dealing with the Byzantine empire only) (Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?)
Noun
theme (plural themes)
- A subject of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
- A recurring idea; a motif.
- (dated) An essay written for school.
- (music) The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
- (film, television) A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.
- (computing, figuratively) The collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc., that "skin" an environment towards a particular motif.
- (grammar) The stem of a word.
- (linguistics) thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.
- (linguistics) Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
- (linguistics) Topic, what is generally being talked about, as opposed to rheme.
- A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
Related terms
Translations
Verb
theme (third-person singular simple present themes, present participle theming, simple past and past participle themed)
- (transitive) To give a theme to.
- We themed the birthday party around superheroes.
- (computing, transitive) To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).
References
- Theme on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Hemet
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
theme (plural themes)
- Alternative form of teme (“topic”)
Etymology 2
Pronoun
theme
- Alternative spelling of þeme (“them”)
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shtick
English
Alternative forms
- schtick, schtik, shtik
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish ????? (shtik, “shtick, act, piece”). Cognate with German Stück, Dutch stuk. Doublet of shtuka and steck.
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t?k/
Noun
shtick (plural shticks)
- A generally humorous routine.
- A characteristic trait or theme, especially in the way people or media present themselves.
- A gimmick.
Translations
Further reading
- shtick on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- kitsch, schtik, skitch, thicks
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