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strophe

noun
/ˈstɹəʊ.fi/UK/ˈstɹoʊ.fi/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stropha, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek στροφή (strophḗ, “a turn, bend, twist”). Compare strap and strop.

  1. derived from στροφή
  2. borrowed from stropha

Definitions

  1. A turn in verse, as from one metrical foot to another, or from one side of a chorus to…

    A turn in verse, as from one metrical foot to another, or from one side of a chorus to the other.

  2. The section of an ode that the chorus chants as it moves from right to left across the…

    The section of an ode that the chorus chants as it moves from right to left across the stage.

  3. A pair of stanzas of alternating form on which the structure of a given poem is based.

The neighborhood

Derived

monostrophe, strophical, strophism

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for strophe. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA