-trope

a combining form meaning “one turned toward” that specified by the initial element (heliotrope); also occurring in concrete nouns that correspond to abstract nouns ending in -tropy or -tropism: allotrope.

Origin of -trope

< Greek -tropos; see trope, tropo-

Words nearby -trope

-tricha, -trichous, -tripsy, -trix, -tron, -trope, -troph, -trophic, -trophy, -tropic, -tropism

British Dictionary definitions for -trope

-trope

n combining form

indicating a turning towards, development in the direction of, or affinity to heliotrope

Word Origin for -trope

from Greek tropos a turn