trope

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

metaphor

figure of speech

figure

image

allegory

Figurative language

change

simile

turn

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɹəʊp/

Etymology

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.