(trōp) noun
1. The figurative use of a word.
2. Loosely and less properly, a figure of speech; figurative language in general.
3. A short distinguishing cadence interpolated in Gregorian melodies.
4. An interpolated phrase that was occasionally inserted in various parts of the mass prior to the 16th century. [<F <L tropus a figure of speech <Gk. tropos a turn <trepein turn]

1. One who or that which turns or changes: allotrope.
2. Turning; turned in a (specified) way: hemitrope. [<Gk. tropos a turning <trepein turn]