English dictionary
trope
nounPronunciation
/tɹəʊp/
/tɹoʊp/
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror movies or the use of the phrase ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to fairy tales; a motif.
- A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.
- Mathematical senses.
- Musical senses.
- Philosophical senses.
verb
- To use, or embellish something with, a trope.
- Senses relating chiefly to art or literature.
- To think or write in terms of tropes.