trope

trope, motif

Idée, situation ou type de personnage qui revient souvent dans les récits ou d’autres œuvres artistiques.

En anglais simple : An idea, situation, or character type that appears often in stories or other art.

• The lonely hero is a common trope.
• This film plays with familiar horror tropes.
• The writer avoids the trope of love at first sight.

Synonymes : motif, theme

Expressions courantes : common trope, familiar trope, romantic trope

trope

Expression employant des mots dans un sens inhabituel, comme dire qu’une personne est une étoile.

En anglais simple : An expression that uses words with an unusual meaning, such as calling someone a star.

• A metaphor is a trope.
• The poet uses several striking tropes.
• We studied how this trope changes the meaning of the phrase.

Synonymes : figure of speech

Expressions courantes : literary trope, rhetorical trope, use a trope

courte cadence

Courte conclusion ajoutée à une mélodie dans certaines musiques anciennes.

En anglais simple : A short ending added to a tune in some early music.

• The melody ends with a trope.
• The singer repeated the final trope.
• This manuscript records a short trope after the main melody.

Synonymes : cadence

Expressions courantes : final trope, melodic trope, trope ending

trope liturgique

Paroles ou couplet ajoutés à la musique chantée pendant un office religieux.

En anglais simple : Extra words or a verse added to music sung during a church service.

• The choir sang a trope.
• The trope adds words to the chant.
• Scholars found several medieval tropes in the church manuscript.

Expressions courantes : liturgical trope, sing a trope, medieval trope