trope

Reikšmė (anglų kalba)

Noun

1. Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature; a motif.
2. An addition (of dialogue, song, music, etc.) to a standard element of the liturgy, serving as an embellishment.
3. A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.
4. Mathematical senses.
5. Mathematical senses.
6. Musical senses.
7. Musical senses.
8. Musical senses.
9. Philosophical senses.
10. Philosophical senses.

Verb

1. To use, or embellish something with, a trope.
2. Senses relating chiefly to art or literature.
3. Senses relating chiefly to art or literature.
4. Senses relating chiefly to art or literature.
5. To think or write in terms of tropes.

Tariama kaip (IPA)

/tɹəʊp/

Etimologija (anglų kalba)

From Latin tropus, from Ancient Greek τρόπος (trópos, “a manner, style, turn, way; a trope or figure of speech; a mode in music; a mode or mood in logic”), related to τροπή (tropḗ, “solstice; trope; turn”) and τρέπειν (trépein, “to turn”); compare turn of phrase. The verb is derived from the noun.