A constant or repeated line or verse; theme.
A strain in a rhyme, song, or poem; refrain; flow.
Patter; rigmarole.
The speech of a person or class of persons; form of speech; talk; utterance; manner of speaking or writing; phraseology; diction.
Language; tongue.
A national tongue (in contrast to a foreign language).
A recurring theme.
A melodic theme associated with a particular character, place, thing or idea in an opera.