1.207 motive ============ ES: motivo, I: inciso, F: motif, incise, D: Motiv, NL: motief, DK: motiv, S: motiv, FI: teema, sävelaihe. The briefest intelligible and self-contained fragment of a musical theme or subject. [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music" ] See also ........ No cross-references.