Maana ya kamusi ya neno "motifu" ni kipengele bainifu au wazo kuu au mandhari ambayo hutumiwa mara kwa mara katika kazi fulani ya sanaa, fasihi au muziki. Inaweza pia kurejelea muundo wa mapambo au mchoro unaorudiwa katika kipande chote cha mchoro au kitu.
1. On this shop, a vines-and-flowers motif had been used with the words Herbal Lotions and Potions printed in a fluid script.
2. Gold wallpaper with a tiny repetitive motif of the letter R adorned the walls.
3. Pam Stewart wore a silver tracksuit with a sequinned rose motif on the breast.
4. Some of the captains donned bronze face masks or helmets adorned with tall horns, and sported tall, oval-headed shields adorned with spiral patterns around a central motif of a standing bull.