kon san mecaz

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Definition of kon san mecaz in Turkish English dictionary

trope

A figure of speech, such as a metaphor, in which a word or phrase is used other than in a literal manner

A cantillation

A phrase or verse added to the mass when sung by a choir

A short cadence at the end of the melody in some early music

To use, or embellish something with a trope

{n} a figure used in speech, turn, change

A figure of speech, such as metaphor or metonymy, in which words are not used in their literal (or actual) sense but in a figurative (or imaginative) sense

The word or expression so used

Trope has two meanings (1) a short dialogue inserted into the church mass during the early Middle Ages as a sort of mini-drama, (2) a rhetorical device involving shifts in the meaning of words--see tropes for examples

{i} figure of speech, any rhetorical device in which words are used not in accordance with their literal meaning; phrase interpolated into a text for purposes of emphasis (Literature)

In Gregorian chant, words added to a long melisma

A figure of speech; use of a word or phrase in a figurative sense

Something recurring across a genre or type of literature, such as the mad scientist of horror or once upon a time introduction to fairytales. Similar to a Cliché, but is not necessarily pejorative

n 1 a The figurative use of a word or an expression, as metaphor or hyperbole b An instance of this use; a figure of speech 2 Music A word or phrase interpolated as an embellishment in the sung parts of certain medieval liturgies

words, phrases, images etc that are used for an unusual or interesting effect (tropus, from tropos , from trepein )

language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

Hyphenation

kon san me·caz