- TROPE
- n. m.
T. de Rhétorique
Figure, emploi d’une expression dans un sens figuré. La métonymie, la métaphore, la synecdoche, la catachrèse, l’antonomase sont des tropes. Un trope hardi. Le Traité des Tropes.
L'Academie francaise. 1935.
TROPE
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Trope — • A collective name which, since about the close of the Middle Ages or a little later, has been applied to texts of great variety (in both poetry and prose) written for the purpose of amplifying and embellishing an independently complete… … Catholic encyclopedia
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Trope — (from Greek τρόπος tropos , turn ) may refer to: * Trope (linguistics), a rhetorical figure of speech that consists of a play on words * Trope (literature) or Literary trope , a common theme used in storytelling. * Trope (philosophy) * Trope… … Wikipedia
Trope — Trope, n. [L. tropus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to turn. See {Torture}, and cf. {Trophy}, {Tropic}, {Troubadour}, {Trover}.] (Rhet.) (a) The use of a word or expression in a different sense from that which properly belongs to it; the use of a word or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
-trope — trope, tropie, tropisme ♦ Éléments, du gr. tropos « tour, direction », de trepein « tourner » : allotropie, héliotrope, isotrope, somatotrope, zootrope. trope, tropie, tropisme, tropo . éléments, du gr. tropos, tour, manière, direction ; de… … Encyclopédie Universelle
-trope — element meaning that which turns, from Gk. tropos (see TROPE (Cf. trope)) … Etymology dictionary
trope — 1530s, from L. tropus a figure of speech, from Gk. tropos turn, direction, turn or figure of speech, related to trope a turning and trepein to turn, from PIE root trep to turn (Cf. Skt. trapate is ashamed, confused, prop. turns away in shame; L.… … Etymology dictionary
trope — ► NOUN ▪ a figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression. ORIGIN Greek tropos turn, way, trope … English terms dictionary
-trope — [trōp] [Gr tropos: see TROPE] combining form 1. forming nouns a) a turning or changing b) something that turns or changes [thaumatrope] 2. forming adjectives turning … English World dictionary
trope — [trōp] n. [L tropus < Gr tropos, a turning, turn, figure of speech (akin to tropē, a turn) < trepein, to turn < IE base * trep , to turn] 1. a) the use of a word or words in a figurative sense b) a figure of speech c) figurative language … English World dictionary
Trope — (in der Mehrzahl Tropen), s.u. Tropus … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
