leitmotiv
French → English
(General) Recurring theme: an idea, phrase, or slogan that is repeated throughout a work or speech
La protection de l'environnement est le leitmotiv de toute sa campagne électorale victorieuse.
(English) Environmental protection is the recurring theme of his entire victorious election campaign.
Le besoin de liberté revient comme un leitmotiv dans tous ses romans historiques.
(English) The need for freedom returns like a recurring theme in all his historical novels.
(Music) Leitmotif: a recurring musical phrase associated with a specific character, place, or idea
Dans les opéras de Wagner, chaque personnage principal possède son propre leitmotiv musical.
(English) In Wagner's operas, each main character has their own musical leitmotif.
L'auditeur attentif peut reconnaître le leitmotiv du destin qui revient souvent dans la symphonie.
(English) The attentive listener can recognize the fate leitmotif that often returns in the symphony.
Entry ID: fr:en:leitmotiv · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary