(art, literature) Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror movies or the use of the phrase ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to fairy tales; a motif.

(transitive) To use, or embellish something with, a trope. / To represent something figuratively or metaphorically, especially as a literary motif. / To turn into, coin, or create a new trope.

plural of trope

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of trope

simple past tense and past participle of trope

(sciences) something that turns, affects, changes, responds, moves.

present participle of trope

(organic chemistry) Any of several mydriatic alkaloids, esters of tropine, extracted from heliotrope

Alternative form of tropaeolin

plural of tropeine