Plural of trope
regular plural
The plural of trope is tropes.
Forms of trope
| Singular | trope /tɹəʊp/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | tropes |
| Countable | countable |
Tropes in a sentence
- “It’s full of classic tropes, but at the heart of it is a gorgeous love story with some genuinely funny moments,” she said.2025 April 4, Nadia Khomami, “Clickbait titles and cliffhangers: the mini TV serials capturing phone audiences”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
- Usually known as 'tropes,' these interpolations consisted at first of but a few words; those of the Introit at the beginning of Mass on great festivals, however, often took the form of dialogues.1918, Paul Studer, Le mystère d'Adam, an Anglo-Norman drama of the twelfth century
- Online violent threats relating to serophobia fell 35%, while slurs and tropes fell by 22%.2021 November 30, Gemma Joyce, “Understanding Online Serophobia: How Hate Speech Against People Living with HIV and AIDS is Evolving”, in…. From the entry serophobia
- Even a nascent fandom will begin to develop its own tropes.2013, Anne Jamison, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World, BenBella Books, →ISBN. From the entry Sterek
- Sadly its all to common that people don’t see the nuance in the conversation and fall on the istaphobe tropes.2021 October 29, radders2012, “Marvel - Eternals (2021)”, in Digital Spy, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2025. From the entry istaphobe
Meaning of trope
- noun Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature; a motif.
- noun An addition (of dialogue, song, music, etc.) to a standard element of the liturgy, serving as an embellishment.
- noun A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.
Questions about the plural of trope
- What is the plural of trope?
- The plural of trope is tropes.
- Is trope countable?
- Trope is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: trope (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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