-trope

suffix

something that turns, affects, changes, responds, moves.

OriginLatin tropus ← Ancient Greek τρόπος (trópos) ← Proto-Indo-European *trep- →
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Meanings

suffix
  1. sciencessomething that turns, affects, changes, responds, moves.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*trep-
  2. Ancient Greekτρέπω (trépō)
  3. Ancient Greekτρόπος (trópos)
  4. Latintropus
  5. English-trope

From Latin tropus, from Ancient Greek τρόπος (trópos, “a turn, way, manner, style, a trope or figure of speech, a mode in music, a mode or mood in logic”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “turn; solstice; trope”). See trope.

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APA

-trope. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-trope

MLA

“-trope.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-trope. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-trope,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-trope.

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