Trope — • A collective name which, since about the close of the Middle Ages or a little later, has been applied to texts of great variety (in both poetry and prose) written for the purpose of amplifying and embellishing an independently complete… … Catholic encyclopedia
trope — [ trɔp ] n. m. • 1554; lat. tropus, gr. tropos « tour, manière » ♦ Rhét. Figure par laquelle un mot ou une expression sont détournés de leur sens propre (ex. antonomase, catachrèse, métaphore, métonymie, synecdoque). « Et sur l académie, aïeule… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Trope — (from Greek τρόπος tropos , turn ) may refer to: * Trope (linguistics), a rhetorical figure of speech that consists of a play on words * Trope (literature) or Literary trope , a common theme used in storytelling. * Trope (philosophy) * Trope… … Wikipedia
Trope — Trope, n. [L. tropus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to turn. See {Torture}, and cf. {Trophy}, {Tropic}, {Troubadour}, {Trover}.] (Rhet.) (a) The use of a word or expression in a different sense from that which properly belongs to it; the use of a word or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
-trope — trope, tropie, tropisme ♦ Éléments, du gr. tropos « tour, direction », de trepein « tourner » : allotropie, héliotrope, isotrope, somatotrope, zootrope. trope, tropie, tropisme, tropo . éléments, du gr. tropos, tour, manière, direction ; de… … Encyclopédie Universelle
-trope — element meaning that which turns, from Gk. tropos (see TROPE (Cf. trope)) … Etymology dictionary
trope — 1530s, from L. tropus a figure of speech, from Gk. tropos turn, direction, turn or figure of speech, related to trope a turning and trepein to turn, from PIE root trep to turn (Cf. Skt. trapate is ashamed, confused, prop. turns away in shame; L.… … Etymology dictionary
trope — ► NOUN ▪ a figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression. ORIGIN Greek tropos turn, way, trope … English terms dictionary
-trope — [trōp] [Gr tropos: see TROPE] combining form 1. forming nouns a) a turning or changing b) something that turns or changes [thaumatrope] 2. forming adjectives turning … English World dictionary
trope — [trōp] n. [L tropus < Gr tropos, a turning, turn, figure of speech (akin to tropē, a turn) < trepein, to turn < IE base * trep , to turn] 1. a) the use of a word or words in a figurative sense b) a figure of speech c) figurative language … English World dictionary
Trope — (in der Mehrzahl Tropen), s.u. Tropus … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
