theme song

English

Noun

theme song (plural theme songs)

1. (music, broadcasting) A song which accompanies a television or radio program, usually as an intro or outro.

   Synonyms: signature tune, theme tune

   “Liberty Bell March” is the theme song to Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Translations

a song accompanying a program

• Arabic: شارة مُوسِيقِيّة f (šāra(t) mūsīqiyya)
• Catalan: tema musical m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 主題曲／主题曲 (zhǔtíqū), 主題歌／主题歌 (zh) (zhǔtígē)

• Czech: znělka (cs) f, hudební znělka f
• Danish: kendingsmelodi c
• Dutch: titelmuziek f, kenwijsje (nl) n, herkenningsmelodie (nl) f, begintune (nl) m
• Estonian: tunnusmeloodia
• Finnish: tunnussävel, tunnuslaulu
• French: indicatif musical m
• German: Titelmusik (de) f, (if it does not include singing) Titelmelodie (de) f, (if it includes singing) Titellied f, Erkennungsmelodie (de) f
• Greek: θεματικό τραγούδι n (thematikó tragoúdi)
• Hebrew: נְעִימַת נוֹשֵׂא f (ne'imát nosé)
• Hungarian: főcímzene, (if it includes singing) főcímdal
• Indonesian: lagu tema
• Irish: ceol teidil m
• Italian: sigla (it) f, sigla musicale f, intro (it) f
• Japanese: 主題曲 (しゅだいきょく, shudaikyoku), 主題歌 (しゅだいか, shudaika), テーマソング (tēma songu),
• Korean: 주제가 (jujega)
• Malay: lagu tema
• Malayalam: ^{(please verify)} പ്രമേയഗാനം (pramēyagānaṁ)
• Norwegian: kjenningsmelodi m
• Polish: motyw muzyczny m
• Portuguese: tema musical m, música-tema f
• Russian: музыка́льная заста́вка f (muzykálʹnaja zastávka), позывны́е (ru) m pl (pozyvnýje), заста́вка (ru) (zastávka)
• Spanish: tema musical m
• Swedish: ledmotiv (sv) n, titelmelodi c, signaturmelodi c, vinjett (sv) c
• Vietnamese: nhạc chủ đề