French Meaning of trope

Trope

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Definitions and Meaning of trope in English

Wordnet

trope (n)

language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

Webster

trope (n.)

The use of a word or expression in a different sense from that which properly belongs to it; the use of a word or expression as changed from the original signification to another, for the sake of giving life or emphasis to an idea; a figure of speech.

The word or expression so used.

FAQs About the word trope

Trope

language used in a figurative or nonliteral senseThe use of a word or expression in a different sense from that which properly belongs to it; the use of a word

cliché,vérité,banalité,bromure,châtaigne,courant,généralisation,râleur,homélie,platitude; cliché

profondeur

tropaeolum peregrinum => Capucine étrangère, tropaeolum minus => Capucine, tropaeolum majus => Capucine, tropaeolum => Capucine, tropaeolin => Tropéoline,