e/Trope (literature)

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has glosseng: A literary trope is a common pattern, theme, motif in literature, or a figure of speech in which words are used in a sense different from their literal meaning. The term trope derives from the - tropos "turn, direction, way", related to the root of the verb τρέπειν (trepein), "to turn, to direct, to alter, to change".
lexicalizationeng: trope
instance ofc/Greek loanwords
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Lithuanian
has glosslit: Tropas – perkeltine reikšme vartojamas žodis arba posakis, pagrįstas daiktų ar reiškinių gretinimu. Tropai ryškina gretinamų daiktų, reiškinių santykius, atskleidžia naujas jų savybes. Tropai nėra griežtai suklasifikuoti.
lexicalizationlit: Tropas
Norwegian
has glossnor: Trope (fra gresk tropos) i litterær mening et felles mønster, et tema, eller et motiv i litteraturen. Tropologi er bruken av troper i tale (retorikk) eller i skrift (litteratur).
lexicalizationnor: trope

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