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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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
         expression as changed from the original signification to
         another, for the sake of giving life or emphasis to an
         idea; a figure of speech.
     (b) The word or expression so used.
         [1913 Webster]
  
               In his frequent, long, and tedious speeches, it has
               been said that a trope never passed his lips.
                                                    --Bancroft.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Tropes are chiefly of four kinds: metaphor, metonymy,
           synecdoche, and irony. Some authors make figures the
           genus, of which trope is a species; others make them
           different things, defining trope to be a change of
           sense, and figure to be any ornament, except what
           becomes so by such change.
           [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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
         expression as changed from the original signification to
         another, for the sake of giving life or emphasis to an
         idea; a figure of speech.
     (b) The word or expression so used.
  
               In his frequent, long, and tedious speeches, it has
               been said that a trope never passed his lips.
                                                    --Bancroft.
  
     Note: Tropes are chiefly of four kinds: metaphor, metonymy,
           synecdoche, and irony. Some authors make figures the
           genus, of which trope is a species; others make them
           different things, defining trope to be a change of
           sense, and figure to be any ornament, except what
           becomes so by such change.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  trope
       n : language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense [syn: figure
           of speech, figure, image]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  trope
     Αγγλικά n.
     λογοτεχνικός τρόπος: ύφος, δομή, φρασεολογία, συχνότητα λέξεων κτλ.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  -trope
     suf.
     (lb en science) something that turns, affects, changes, responds,
  moves.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  trope
     Latin n.
     (inflection of la tropus  voc s)
     n.
     1 (lb en art literature) Something recurring across a genre or
  type#Noun of art or literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror
  movies or the use of the phrase ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to
  fairy tales; a motif.
     2 (lb en medieval Christianity) An addition (of dialogue, song,
  music, etc.) to a standard element of the liturgy, serving as an
  embellishment.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To use#Verb, or embellish something with, a
  #Noun.
     2 (lb en transitive) (non-gloss definition: Senses relating chiefly
  to art or literature.)
     3 # To represent something figuratively or metaphorically,
  ''especially'' as a literary motif.
     4 # To turn into, coin#Verb, or create a new #Noun.
     5 # To analyse a work#Noun in terms of its literary #Nouns.
     6 (lb en intransitive) To think#Verb or write in terms of #Nouns.
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     1 (l en tropics) {q|usually the definite plural (m nn tropane), but
  trope is used in compound words}
     2 a (l en trope) (q: in literature, rhetoric)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Trope
     German n.
     f trope (gloss: figure of speech)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  -trope
     suf.
     (lb en science) something that turns, affects, changes, responds,
  moves.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  trope
     n.
     1 (lb en art literature) Something recurring across a genre or
  type#Noun of art or literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror
  movies or the use of the phrase ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to
  fairy tales; a motif.
     2 (lb en medieval Christianity) An addition (of dialogue, song,
  music, etc.) to a standard element of the liturgy, serving as an
  embellishment.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To use#Verb, or embellish something with, a
  #Noun.
     2 (lb en transitive) (non-gloss definition: Senses relating chiefly
  to art or literature.)
     3 # To represent something figuratively or metaphorically,
  ''especially'' as a literary motif.
     4 # To turn into, coin#Verb, or create a new #Noun.
     5 # To analyse a work#Noun in terms of its literary #Nouns.
     6 (lb en intransitive) To think#Verb or write in terms of #Nouns.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  -trope
     suf.
     (lb en science) something that turns, affects, changes, responds,
  moves.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  trope
     Latin n.
     (inflection of la tropus  voc s)
     n.
     1 (lb en art literature) Something recurring across a genre or
  type#Noun of art or literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror
  movies or the use of the phrase ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to
  fairy tales; a motif.
     2 (lb en medieval Christianity) An addition (of dialogue, song,
  music, etc.) to a standard element of the liturgy, serving as an
  embellishment.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To use#Verb, or embellish something with, a
  #Noun.
     2 (lb en transitive) (non-gloss definition: Senses relating chiefly
  to art or literature.)
     3 # To represent something figuratively or metaphorically,
  ''especially'' as a literary motif.
     4 # To turn into, coin#Verb, or create a new #Noun.
     5 # To analyse a work#Noun in terms of its literary #Nouns.
     6 (lb en intransitive) To think#Verb or write in terms of #Nouns.
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     1 (l en tropics) {q|usually the definite plural (m nn tropane), but
  trope is used in compound words}
     2 a (l en trope) (q: in literature, rhetoric)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Trope
     German n.
     f trope (gloss: figure of speech)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  -trope
     suf.
     (lb en science) something that turns, affects, changes, responds,
  moves.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  trope
     Latin n.
     (inflection of la tropus  voc s)
     n.
     1 (lb en art literature) Something recurring across a genre or
  type#Noun of art or literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror
  movies or the use of the phrase ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to
  fairy tales; a motif.
     2 (lb en medieval Christianity) An addition (of dialogue, song,
  music, etc.) to a standard element of the liturgy, serving as an
  embellishment.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To use#Verb, or embellish something with, a
  #Noun.
     2 (lb en transitive) (non-gloss definition: Senses relating chiefly
  to art or literature.)
     3 # To represent something figuratively or metaphorically,
  ''especially'' as a literary motif.
     4 # To turn into, coin#Verb, or create a new #Noun.
     5 # To analyse a work#Noun in terms of its literary #Nouns.
     6 (lb en intransitive) To think#Verb or write in terms of #Nouns.
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     1 (l en tropics) {q|usually the definite plural (m nn tropane), but
  trope is used in compound words}
     2 a (l en trope) (q: in literature, rhetoric)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Trope
     German n.
     f trope (gloss: figure of speech)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  trope
     Englanti n.
     kielikuva

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  Trope /tɾˈoːpə/ 
  trope 
     Synonym: Tropus
  
           Note: Rhetorik

From German-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.5 :   [ freedict:deu-nld ]

  Trope /tɾˈoːpə/
  stijlfiguur, troop

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Trope /tɹˈəʊp/
  المجاز

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  trope //tɹoʊp// //tɹəʊp// /[tɹ̥əʊp]/ 
  метафора
  rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  trope /tɹˈəʊp/ 
  tropus

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  trope /tɹˈəʊp/
  Tropus , Trope 
           Note: Rhetorik

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  trope //tɹoʊp// //tɹəʊp// /[tɹ̥əʊp]/ 
  trooppi 2.
  art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature
   3.
  music, Judaism: cantillation pattern or mark
   4.
  music, Roman Catholicism: phrase or verse added to the Mass
   5.
  music: short cadence at the end of the melody
   6.
  rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  trope //tɹoʊp// //tɹəʊp// /[tɹ̥əʊp]/ 
  troopata
  to use a trope

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  trope //tɹoʊp// //tɹəʊp// /[tɹ̥əʊp]/ 
  1. トロープ, 約束, 転義法
  art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature
  2. 比喩, 転義法
  rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  trope /tɹˈəʊp/
  1. kon san mecaz, kinaye
  2. metne ilave .

From français-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-pol ]

  trope /tʁɔp/ 
  trop

From français-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-spa ]

  trope /tʁɔp/ 
  tropo

From français-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-swe ]

  trope /tʁɔp/ 
  trop

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  trope
  trope

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 修辞,比喻,比喻;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 修辞,比喻

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