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trope meaning in Italian

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trope [tropes] (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)
noun
[UK: trəʊp]
[US: troʊp]

figura retoricanoun
{f}

metaforanoun
{f}

metonimianoun
{f}

troponoun
{m}

allotrope [allotropes] (element form of different molecular structure to another form of the same element)
noun
[UK: ˈæ.lə.trəʊp]
[US: ˈæ.lətroʊp]

allotroponoun
{m}

azeotrope [azeotropes] (mixture of two substances non-separable by normal distillation)
noun
[UK: ˈeɪzətrˌəʊp]
[US: ˈeɪzətrˌoʊp]

azeotroponoun
{m}

lipotrope noun

lipotroponoun
{m}

ophthalmotrope noun

oftalmotroponoun
{m}

tightrope walker (acrobat who practices tightrope walking)
noun
[UK: ˈtaɪ.trəʊp ˈwɔːk.ə(r)]
[US: ˈtaɪtroʊp ˈwɔːk.ər]

funambolonoun
{m}

walk a tightrope (to undertake a precarious course)
verb

camminare sul filo del rasoioverb

zeotrope (A mixture of liquids that may be separated via the gas phase)
noun

zeotroponoun
{m}