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===Pronunciation=== |
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* {{rhymes|əʊp}} |
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* {{enPR|trōp}}, {{IPA|/ˈtɹəʊp/|lang=en}}, {{SAMPA|/"tr@Up/|lang=en}} |
* {{a|RP}} {{enPR|trōp}}, {{IPA|/ˈtɹəʊp/|lang=en}}, {{SAMPA|/"tr@Up/|lang=en}} |
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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
Revision as of 01:50, 12 November 2011
English
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) tropus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) τρόπος (tropos).
Noun
trope (plural tropes)
- A figure of speech, such as a metaphor, in which a word or phrase is used other than in a literal manner.
- Template:music A short cadence at the end of the melody in some early music.
- Template:music A phrase or verse added to the mass when sung by a choir.
- Template:Judaism A cantillation.
- Template:literature Something recurring across a genre or type of literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror or ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to fairytales. Similar to an archetype (or a cliché, but not necessarily pejorative).
Derived terms
Translations
figure of speech in which a word or phrase is used other than in a literal manner
music: short cadence at the end of the melody in some early music
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music: phrase or verse added to the mass when sung by a choir
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judaism: cantillation
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literature: something recurring across a genre or type of literature
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Translations to be checked
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Verb
trope (third-person singular simple present trop, present participle ed, simple past and past participle troped)
Translations
use a trope
External links
- “trope”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “trope”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “trope”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- [tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage TV Tropes] Site with numerous current examples of tropes.
References
- OED 2nd edition 1989
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
(deprecated template usage) trope