TROPE

Meaning of TROPE in English

[ trəʊp ]

■ noun a figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression.

Origin

C16: via L. from Gk tropos 'turn, way, ~', from trepein 'to turn'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

TROPE — -trope [occurring in derivatives and compounds] -trope (= turning)
Interlingua English vocab
TROPE — noun Etymology: Latin tropus, from Greek tropos turn, way, manner, style, ~, from trepein to turn Date: 1533 1. a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
-TROPE — I. .ˌtrōp noun combining form ( -s ) Etymology: French, from Greek tropos turn, direction, way 1. : turn : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TROPE — ˈtrōp noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin tropus, from Greek tropos turn, way, manner, style; akin to Greek trepein to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TROPE — (n.) The word or expression so used.
Английский словарь Webster
TROPE — (n.) The use of a word or expression in a different sense from that which properly belongs to it; the …
Английский словарь Webster
TROPE — ( n. ) The word or expression so used.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TROPE — ( n. ) The use of a word or expression in a different sense from that which properly belongs to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
-TROPE — a combining form meaning "one turned toward" that specified by the initial element ( heliotrope ); also occurring in concrete …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TROPE — /trohp/ , n. 1. Rhet. a. any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TROPE — n. figure of speech, any rhetorical device in which words are used not in accordance with their literal meaning; phrase …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TROPE — noun Etymology: Latin tropus, from Greek tropos turn, way, manner, style, trope, from trepein to turn Date: 1533 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TROPE — noun the word or expression so used. 2. trope ·noun the use of a word or expression in a different …
Webster English vocab
TROPE — [trope] n [L tropus, fr. Gk tropos turn, way, manner, style, trope, fr. trepein to turn] (1533) 1: the use …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TROPE — in medieval church music, melody, explicatory text, or both added to a plainchant melody. Tropes are of two general types: …
Britannica English vocabulary
-TROPE — -trope BrE AmE trəʊp AmE troʊp ▷ — heliotrope ˈhiːl i‿ə trəʊp AmE -troʊp
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TROPE — trope BrE AmE trəʊp AmE troʊp ▷ tropes trəʊps AmE troʊps
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TROPE — / trəʊp; NAmE troʊp/ noun ( technical ) a word or phrase that is used in a way that is …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TROPE — trope /trəʊp $ troʊp/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: tropus , from Greek …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TROPE — n. a figurative (e.g. metaphorical or ironical) use of a word. [L tropus f. Gk tropos turn, way, trope f. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TROPE — n. a figurative (e.g. metaphorical or ironical) use of a word. [ L tropus f. Gk tropos turn, way, trope …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TROPE — n. a figurative (e.g. metaphorical or ironical) use of a word. Etymology: L tropus f. Gk tropos turn, way, trope …
Oxford English vocab
TROPE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Brooke-Rose reverses this familiar postmodernist trope by focusing instead on the relation between the characters …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TROPE — n. Figure of speech.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
TROPE — сущ.; лит. троп (стилистика) троп trope лит. троп
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TROPE — Троп
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TROPE — trope.ogg trəʋp n стил. троп
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TROPE — троп
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TROPE — (n) троп
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
TROPE — сущ.; лит. троп (стилистика) троп trope лит. троп
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TROPE — n. Pronunciation: ' tr ō p Function: noun Etymology: Latin tropus, from Greek tropos turn, way, manner, style, trope, from …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TROPE — n стил. троп
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
TROPE — n стил. троп
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TROPE — n. троп
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TROPE — n. троп
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TROPE — сущ. ; лит. троп
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TROPE — сущ.; лит. троп
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TROPE — _n. _лит. троп
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
TROPE — n. лит. троп
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
TROPE — _n. _лит. троп
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
TROPE — [n.] [лит.] троп
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
TROPE — n лит. троп
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
TROPE — троп
Англо-Русский словарь

Concise Oxford English vocab

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