trop
adverb
too; too much or too many.
trop
1 American
[tr oh]
/ troʊ /
adverb
French.
trop-
2
American
trop.
3
American
abbreviation
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tropic.
-
tropical.
Usage
What does trop- mean? Trop- is a combining form used like a prefix variously meaning "turn," "reaction, response,” or "change." It is used in some technical terms. Trop- ultimately comes from the Greek trópos, “turn," and tropḗ, "a turning." The Greek trópos is also the source of the words trope and tropical. It’s your turn to make the connection between “turning,” figures of speech, and the tropics at our entries for the words. Trop- is a variant of tropo-, which loses its -o- when combined with words or word elements beginning with vowels. Want to know more? Read our Words That Use tropo- article. Corresponding forms of trop- and tropo- combined to the end of words are -trope, -tropic, -tropism, -tropous, and -tropy. Learn about their specific applications in our Words That Use articles for the forms.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Likewise, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu claims there’s a stark difference between her and her role of Sylvie, Madeline’s trop chic Parisian business rival.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2022
Why shouldn’t the saying “la vie est trop courte pour boire du mauvais vin” — life is too short to drink bad wine — apply, even when we sip alone?
From New York Times ● May 30, 2018
I wonder whether you believe that the death penalty has always and everywhere been de trop, too much, or that something happened to enable us to dispense with it without thereby increasing the murder rate.
From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2017
Sholem, too, was trop fatigué after finishing his ugly painting.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 27, 2013
I’ll offer, and she doubles over, pink-faced, declaring me de trop.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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