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-trope

-trope

See also: trope

English

Suffix

-trope

  1. (sciences) something that turns, affects, changes, responses, moves.

Derived terms

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Etymology

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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