Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

-trope

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.10 in modern English

Syllables: -trope
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

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

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *trep-der. Ancient Greek τρέπω (trépō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek τρόπος (trópos)der. Latin tropusder. 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.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: tropus, τρόπος

Phrases

-tropic -tropism tropo- -tropy

Frequently Paired Words

trope tropic -tropic -tropism tropism tropo- -tropy

Questions

What does -trope mean?: something that turns, affects, changes, responds, moves.
Where does -trope come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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