strophe

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

stanza

verse

couplet

Translations

estrofa

strophe

strofe

strofa

Strophe

beyit

stropha

estrofe

bent

المقطوعة الشعرية

şiir kıtası

estrofa

στροφή

στροφή άσματος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstroʊfi/

Etymology

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