strophe
English
noun
Definitions
- (prosody) A turn in verse, as from one metrical foot to another, or from one side of a chorus to the other.
- (prosody) The section of an ode that the chorus chants as it moves from right to left across the stage.
- (prosody) A pair of stanzas of alternating form on which the structure of a given poem is based.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin stropha derived from Ancient Greek στροφή (bend, twist, a turn, turning, turn).
Origin
Ancient Greek
στροφή
Gloss
bend, twist, a turn, turning, turn
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -strophy English
- astrophic English
- magnetostrophic English
- monostrophe English
- monostrophic English
- strophic English
- strophical English
- strophiole English
- stroofi Finnish
- stropha Latin
- Strophe German
- strófa Hungarian
- strophe French
- строфа Russian
- estrofa Spanish, Castilian
- στρέφω Ancient Greek
- στροφή Ancient Greek
- στροφικός Ancient Greek
- στροφή Greek (modern)