trope
31Trope — A trope was a word or phrase added and sung as embellishment during divine office or the mass. After the 12c, the word was used of a book containing sequences of tropes …
32trope — amétrope anisotrope azéotrope emmétrope estrope gonadotrope hypermétrope héliotrope isotrope lipotrope neurotrope orthotrope psychotrope somatotrope thyréotrope trope zootrope énantiotrope …
33Trope — Tro|pe die; , n <aus gleichbed. gr. trope̅, eigtl. »(Hin)wendung, Richtung«, zu trépein »wenden«> bildlicher Ausdruck; Wort bzw. Wortgruppe, das bzw. die im übertragenen Sinn gebraucht wird (z. B. Bacchus statt Wein; Sprachw.) …
34trope — The figurative use of a word or an expression; a figure of speech. A trope might be a metaphor, hyperbole, metonymy, synecdoche, irony, parody, etc. Also see taxis …
35trope — [trəʊp] noun a figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression. Origin C16: via L. from Gk tropos turn, way, trope , from trepein to turn …
36trope — hemi·trope; …
37-trope — aff. a combining form meaning “one turned toward” that specified by the initial element (heliotrope); also occurring in concrete nouns that correspond to abstract nouns ending in tropy or tropism: allotrope[/ex] • Etymology: < Gk tropos; see… …
38trope — n. a figurative (e.g. metaphorical or ironical) use of a word. Etymology: L tropus f. Gk tropos turn, way, trope f. trepo turn …
39Trope (rhetorique) — Trope (rhétorique) Un trope (substantif masculin), du grec τρόπος : tropos ( tour ), ou un métasémème dans le vocabulaire du Groupe µ, est une figure de style ou figure de rhétorique, de signification destinée à embellir un texte ou à le… …
40Trope of Litotes — Trope of liotes is a literary method in which one denies a negation. See also *Double negative …
