strophe

Signification (Anglais)

1. A turn in verse, as from one metrical foot to another, or from one side of a chorus to the other.
2. The section of an ode that the chorus chants as it moves from right to left across the stage.
3. A pair of stanzas of alternating form on which the structure of a given poem is based.

Concepts

strophe

Synonymes

stanza

verse

couplet

Traductions

estrofa

strofe

strofa

beyit

Strophe

strofe

stropha

estrofe

bent

المقطوعة الشعرية

şiir kıtası

estrofa

στροφή

στροφή άσματος

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈstroʊfi/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from Latin stropha, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek στροφή (strophḗ, “a turn, bend, twist”). Compare strap and strop.