trop

¹ American  

[troh] / troʊ /

adverb

French.

1. too; too much or too many.

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trop- ² American  

1. variant of tropo- before a vowel.

   tropism.

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trop. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. tropic.

2. tropical.

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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.