theme

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English

Etymology

From Middle English teme, from Old French teme, tesme (French thème), from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “I put, place”), reduplicative from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, do”) (whence also English do). Doublet of thema.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θiːm/
• Hyphenation: theme
• Rhymes: -iːm (for all senses)
• Rhymes: -iːmi (for the sense dealing with the Byzantine empire only) (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

Noun

theme (plural themes)

1. A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
2. A recurring idea; a motif.
   1. A concept with multiple instantiations.

   2. Any of various colors, or color palettes, in which a design is offered; (graphical user interface) any of various skins for an app, affecting the visuals and perhaps other elements such as sound effects.

      Synonym: colorway

3. (dated) An essay written for school.
4. (music) The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
5. (film, television, video games) A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.
6. (crosswording) An additional puzzle within the crossword, typically involving a set of non-standard clues or answers.
7. (grammar) The stem of a word.
9. (linguistics) Thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.
11. (linguistics) Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
13. (linguistics) Topic, what is generally being talked about.

    Coordinate terms: rheme, comment

15. A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.

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Translations

Verb

theme (third-person singular simple present themes, present participle theming, simple past and past participle themed)

1. (transitive) To give a theme to.

2. (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)

1. Alternative form of teme (“topic”)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

theme

1. Alternative spelling of þeme (“them”)