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-strophy

-strophy suffix: used to form nouns indicating a turn or twist of the indicated kind.

Suffix

-strophy

  1. Used to form nouns indicating a turn or twist of the indicated kind

Origin of -strophy

From Ancient Greek στροφή (strophḗ, “a turn, bend, twist”).

Questions about -strophy

What does -strophy mean?
-strophy means used to form nouns indicating a turn or twist of the indicated kind.
What part of speech is -strophy?
-strophy is a suffix.

Words near -strophy in the dictionary

  1. -stodon
  2. -stomatous
  3. -stome
  4. -stomy
  5. -stress
  6. -strophy
  7. -style
  8. -styly
  9. -sy
  10. -t
  11. -tacism

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