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LEITMOTIV
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Dictionary entry overview: What does leitmotiv mean?
• LEITMOTIV (noun)
The noun LEITMOTIV has 1 sense:
1. a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas)
Familiarity information: LEITMOTIV used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
leitmotif; leitmotiv
Hypernyms ("leitmotiv" is a kind of...):
air; line; melodic line; melodic phrase; melody; strain; tune (a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence)
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