Since children are more scared than amused by clowns, I wonder if some comedy trope of ours will become horror fodder in 100 years.
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Trope
//tɹəʊp//
Synonyms for "trope" (16 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (4)
Noun(2 words)
Related words (8)
Noun(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
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1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
6 entrieshas context
11 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
51 entriesShowing 16 of 51 words.
Translations
87 translations across 30 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- τρόπος noun (art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)
- τρόπος noun (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
Belarusian
1 entries- троп noun (art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)
Bulgarian
1 entries- метафора noun (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
Catalan
3 entries- motiu noun (art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)
- trop noun (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
- tòpic noun (art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 套路 noun (art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)
- 梗 noun (art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)
- 橋段 /桥段 noun (art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)
- 比喻 noun (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
Czech
1 entries- tropus noun (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
Danish
1 entries- skabelon noun (art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)
Dutch
4 entries- figuurlijke uitdrukking noun (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
- troop noun (art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)
- troop noun (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
- troop noun (music: short cadence at the end of the melody)
Finnish
4 entries- trooppi noun (art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)
- trooppi noun (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
- trooppi noun (music: short cadence at the end of the melody)
- trooppi noun (music, Judaism: cantillation pattern or mark)
French
3 entries- expression figurative noun (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
- motif noun (art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)
- trope noun (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
Georgian
1 entries- ტროპი noun (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
German
3 entries- Prototyp noun (art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)
- Trope noun (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
- Tropus noun (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
Greek
2 entries- τρόπος noun (music: short cadence at the end of the melody)
- τρόπος noun (music, Roman Catholicism: phrase or verse added to the Mass)
Hebrew
1 entries- טעם המקרא noun (music, Judaism: cantillation pattern or mark)
Hungarian
3 entries- képes beszéd/kifejezés noun (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
- szókép noun (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
- trópus noun (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
Italian
4 entries- figura retorica noun (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
- metafora noun (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
- metonimia noun (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
- tropo noun (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
Japanese
4 entries- お約束 noun (art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)
- トロープ noun (art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)
- 比喩 noun (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
- 転義法 noun (art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)
Korean
1 entries- 트로프 noun (art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)
Macedonian
2 entries- троп noun (art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)
- троп noun (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- trope noun (art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)
- trope noun (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- trope noun (art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)
- trope noun (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
Persian
1 entries- مجاز noun (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
Polish
4 entries- topos noun (art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)
- trop noun (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
- trop noun (music: short cadence at the end of the melody)
- trop noun (music, Judaism: cantillation pattern or mark)
Portuguese
1 entries- tópos noun (art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)
Romanian
1 entries- trop noun (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
Russian
2 entries- троп noun (art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)
- троп noun (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- trȏp noun (art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)
- trȏp noun (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
- trȏp noun (music: short cadence at the end of the melody)
- trȏp noun (music, Judaism: cantillation pattern or mark)
Spanish
4 entries- motivo noun (art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)
- tropo noun (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
- tropo noun (music, Roman Catholicism: phrase or verse added to the Mass)
- tópico noun (art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)
Ukrainian
1 entries- троп noun (art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)
Yiddish
1 entries- טראָפּ noun (music, Judaism: cantillation pattern or mark)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
Airships are a common trope in steampunk works.
Source: tatoeba (6168058)
You have to give director Colm McCarthy, a Scottish TV veteran making his feature film debut, and writer Mike Carey, adapting his own novel, credit for attempting the seemingly impossible task of doing something new with the zombie subgenre. And by blending it with the common YA [young adult] trope of a young female protagonist who leads the world into a new revolutionary era, they almost get there—largely thanks to newcomer [Sennia] Nanua, who presents her character's grappling with complex themes of identity and original sin with a childlike guilelessness.
Source: wiktionary
They have completely supported the Russians diplomatically, they’ve abstained in key votes at the United Nations, they’ve absolutely cynically repeated all the Russian tropes, particularly in places like Africa and Latin America – [by]^([sic]) blaming Nato and all of this stuff.
Source: wiktionary
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