strophe

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin stropha, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek στροφή (strophḗ, “a turn, bend, twist”). Compare strap and strop. Compare typologically rehearsal, rehearse (related to French herser (“to harrow”) << Latin hirpex, another meaning shift from the idea of turning). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstɹəʊ.fi/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstɹoʊ.fi/ Rhymes: -əʊfi Hyphenation: stro‧phe === Noun === strophe (plural strophes) (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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== antistrophe apostrophe catastrophe strophic ==== Translations ==== === See also === ode stanza === Anagrams === preshot, Stopher, Thorpes, pothers, thorpes == Dutch == === Noun === strophe f (plural strophen or strophes, no diminutive) obsolete spelling of strofe == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin stropha, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek στροφή (strophḗ). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stʁɔf/ === Noun === strophe f (plural strophes) (poetry) stanza === Further reading === “strophe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012