tropo — meaning in English
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English meaning
- metaphor noun A figure of speech that describes something by calling it another thing, implying a comparison without using "like" or "as".
- trope noun A recurring device, theme or cliché in storytelling — the plucky orphan, the last-minute dash to the airport.
- tropic noun Either of the two lines of latitude, north or south of the equator, marking the edge of the tropical zone (Tropic of Cancer / Tropic of Capricorn).
Senses
tropo is used for these senses in English:
- trope (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.
trope — full definition
- noun A recurring device, theme or cliché in storytelling — the plucky orphan, the last-minute dash to the airport.
- noun A figure of speech in which words are used in a non-literal way, such as metaphor or irony.