| Czech | motiv , téma |
| Chinese (simplified) | 主题 |
| English | idea , theme ( ⊳ ) , melodic theme , musical theme |
| Indonesian | tema |
| Italian | motivo , tema |
| Japanese | 主題メロディ , 主題 , テーマ |
| Malaysian | tema |
| Hyponym: | variation statement motif |
| Hypernym: | tune |
| Domain–Category: | music |
| Semantic Field: | communicationn |