Home › Words › C › chiffrechiffrechiffre means A figure or motif (short melodic or lyrical passage that is repeated).EtymologyBorrowed from French chiffre. Doublet of cipher and zero.nounA figure or motif (short melodic or lyrical passage that is repeated).Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.chiff 61% match — The characteristic sound made as part of the attack of certain notes on the organ. vs chiffre →phraselet 56% match — A short musical phrase. vs chiffre →motif 55% match — A recurring or dominant element; an artistic theme. vs chiffre →leitmotif 54% match — A melodic theme associated with a particular character, place, thing or idea in an opera. vs chiffre →fioriture 53% match — flourishes in a melody by a singer or musician. vs chiffre →chantefable 53% match — A form of Medieval French literature with alternative spoken and sung passages. vs chiffre →codetta 52% match — A brief coda, or a brief segment between the themes of a fugue. vs chiffre →ostinato 52% match — A piece of melody, a chord progression, or a bass figure that is repeated over and over as a musical accompaniment. vs chiffre →