tropo

See also: -tropo and tropo-

English

Etymology

Clipping of tropospheric.

Noun

tropo (uncountable)

1. (amateur radio) Tropospheric propagation.

Anagrams

• Troop, poort, proto-, porto-, porto, Topor, Porto, Proto, troop, proot, proto

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɔ.po/
• Rhymes: -ɔpo
• Hyphenation: trò‧po

Noun

tropo m (plural tropi)

1. trope
2. figure of speech

Anagrams

• porto, portò, potrò, proto, proto-

Latin

Noun

tropō

1. dative/ablative singular of tropus

Portuguese

Verb

tropo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tropar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tropus, from Ancient Greek τρόπος (trópos, “turn, manner, trope”), ultimately from τρέπω (trépō, “to turn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾopo/ [ˈt̪ɾo.po]
• Rhymes: -opo
• Syllabification: tro‧po

Noun

tropo m (plural tropos)

1. (music, rhetoric) trope

Related terms

• trópico

 

Further reading

• “tropo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16