Meanings
suffix
- Used to form adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -trophy
Origin
- Proto-Hellenic*tʰrépʰō
- Ancient Greekτρέφω (tréphō)
- Ancient Greekτροφή (trophḗ)
- Ancient Greekτροφῐκός (trophĭkós)
- English-trophic
From Ancient Greek τροφικός (trophikós, “pertaining to food or nourishment”), from τροφή (trophḗ, “food”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan -tròfic
- -tròficused to form adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -trophy
French -trophe
- -tropheused to form adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -trophy
German -troph
- -trophused to form adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -trophy
Greek -τροφικός
- -τροφικός (-trofikós)used to form adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -trophy
Irish -trófach
- -trófachused to form adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -trophy
Italian -tropico
- -tropicoused to form adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -trophy
Norwegian Bokmål -trof
- -trofused to form adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -trophy
Polish -troficzny
- -troficznyused to form adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -trophy
Romanian -trof
- -trofused to form adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -trophy
Cite this entry
APA
-trophic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-trophic
MLA
“-trophic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-trophic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-trophic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-trophic.
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