-trope
combining form in countable noun
indicating a turning towards, development in the direction of, or affinity to
⇒
heliotrope
Origin
from Greek tropos a turn-trope
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “one turned toward” that specified by the initial element (heliotrope); also occurring in concrete nouns that correspond to abstract nouns ending in -tropy, or -tropism:
allotrope.
Origin
< Greek -tropos; see trope, tropo-
Related Words
- -tropy
- allotrope
- Atropos
- azeotrope
- esotropia
- gonadotrope
-tropea word element referring to turning, as in heliotrope.
[Greek combining form -tropos]-trope
word-forming element meaning "that which turns," from Greek tropos (see trope).
-trope
I.\.ˌtrōp\ noun combining form
(-s)
Etymology: French, from Greek tropos turn, direction, way
1. : turn : change : affinity for
< chromotrope >
< neurotrope >
2. : body characterized by (such) an inversion
< hemitrope >
3. : instrument and especially optical instrument that functions by rotating, reversing, or reflecting
< rheotrope >
< thaumatrope >
II.adjective combining form
Etymology: French, from Greek -tropos, from trepein to turn
: turning : being reverted
< anisotrope >
< hemitrope >
I.
1.
< chromotrope >
< neurotrope >
2.
< hemitrope >
3.
< rheotrope >
< thaumatrope >
II.
< anisotrope >
< hemitrope >
-trope
Suffix
- sciences something that turns, affects, changes, responses, moves.
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.
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -trope