trope

Etymology
From, from , related to and ; compare. The verb is derived from the noun.

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) A tangent space meeting a quartic surface in a conic.
 * 5)  The reciprocal of a node on a surface.
 * 6) A short cadence at the end of the melody in some early music.
 * 7) A pair of complementary hexachords in twelve-tone technique.
 * 8)  A cantillation pattern, or one of the marks that represents it.
 * 9)  Any of the ten arguments used in skepticism to refute dogmatism.
 * 10)  A particular instance of a property (such as the specific redness of a rose), as contrasted with a universal.
 * 1) A tangent space meeting a quartic surface in a conic.
 * 2)  The reciprocal of a node on a surface.
 * 3) A short cadence at the end of the melody in some early music.
 * 4) A pair of complementary hexachords in twelve-tone technique.
 * 5)  A cantillation pattern, or one of the marks that represents it.
 * 6)  Any of the ten arguments used in skepticism to refute dogmatism.
 * 7)  A particular instance of a property (such as the specific redness of a rose), as contrasted with a universal.
 * 1) A short cadence at the end of the melody in some early music.
 * 2) A pair of complementary hexachords in twelve-tone technique.
 * 3)  A cantillation pattern, or one of the marks that represents it.
 * 4)  Any of the ten arguments used in skepticism to refute dogmatism.
 * 5)  A particular instance of a property (such as the specific redness of a rose), as contrasted with a universal.
 * 1)  A cantillation pattern, or one of the marks that represents it.
 * 2)  Any of the ten arguments used in skepticism to refute dogmatism.
 * 3)  A particular instance of a property (such as the specific redness of a rose), as contrasted with a universal.
 * 1)  Any of the ten arguments used in skepticism to refute dogmatism.
 * 2)  A particular instance of a property (such as the specific redness of a rose), as contrasted with a universal.
 * 1)  Any of the ten arguments used in skepticism to refute dogmatism.
 * 2)  A particular instance of a property (such as the specific redness of a rose), as contrasted with a universal.
 * 1)  A particular instance of a property (such as the specific redness of a rose), as contrasted with a universal.

Usage notes
In the art or literature sense, the word trope is similar to and, but is not necessarily pejorative.

Translations

 * Belarusian: троп
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 橋段,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: τρόπος
 * Japanese: 転義法,, トロープ
 * Korean: 트로프
 * Macedonian: троп
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: trope
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: тро̑п
 * Roman:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Ukrainian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: tropus
 * Dutch:, figuurlijke uitdrukking
 * Finnish:
 * French:, expression figurative
 * Georgian: ტროპი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: τρόπος
 * Hungarian:, , képes beszéd/kifejezés,
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Japanese: 転義法,
 * Macedonian: троп
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: trope
 * Persian:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: тро̑п
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: тро̑п
 * Roman:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Hebrew: טעם המקרא
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: тро̑п
 * Roman:
 * Yiddish: טראָפּ


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: тро̑п
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1)  To use, or embellish something with, a trope.
 * 2) To represent something figuratively or metaphorically, especially as a literary motif.
 * 3) To turn into, coin, or create a new trope.
 * 4) To analyse a work in terms of its literary tropes.
 * 5)  To think or write in terms of tropes.
 * 1) To turn into, coin, or create a new trope.
 * 2) To analyse a work in terms of its literary tropes.
 * 3)  To think or write in terms of tropes.
 * 1) To analyse a work in terms of its literary tropes.
 * 2)  To think or write in terms of tropes.
 * 1)  To think or write in terms of tropes.

Translations

 * Dutch: een troop gebruiken, van een troop voorzien
 * Finnish: troopata

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) tropics
 * 2) a

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) tropics
 * 2) a