trope C2 Topic:Media & Publishing Also spelled trop US /tɹoʊp/ UK /tɹəʊp/ See IPA manual Freq #69929 Meanings 1 noun a familiar theme, device, or convention that recurs in a type of story, art, or discussion The reluctant hero is a familiar trope in adventure stories. 2 noun a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is used figuratively rather than literally The critic examined each trope in the poet's description of winter. 3 noun historical: an addition of words or music to a standard passage in a medieval liturgy The choir reconstructed a tenth-century trope for the recording. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a familiar theme, device,... motifconventiondevice 2 noun · a figure of speech in which... figure of speechturn of phrase 3 noun · historical: an addition of... liturgical interpolation Word family Forms tropes Derived forms tropertropological Related forms tropictropologymetaphor Etymology From Latin tropus, borrowed from Ancient Greek tropos, 'turn, way, or manner,' related to trepein, 'to turn.' A rhetorical trope is therefore a turn from a word's ordinary meaning. Topics Media & Publishing External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # trope **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /tɹoʊp/ **IPA (UK):** /tɹəʊp/ **Frequency rank:** 69929 ## Meanings 1. a familiar theme, device, or convention that recurs in a type of story, art, or discussion 2. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is used figuratively rather than literally 3. historical: an addition of words or music to a standard passage in a medieval liturgy ## Examples - The reluctant hero is a familiar trope in adventure stories. - The critic examined each trope in the poet's description of winter. - The choir reconstructed a tenth-century trope for the recording. ## Synonyms - motif - convention - device - figure of speech ## Derived Forms - troper - tropological ## Related Forms - tropic - tropology - metaphor ## Etymology From Latin tropus, borrowed from Ancient Greek tropos, 'turn, way, or manner,' related to trepein, 'to turn.' A rhetorical trope is therefore a turn from a word's ordinary meaning. ## Topics - Media & Publishing markdown