-tropy

See also: tropy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French -tropie, from Ancient Greek -τροπίᾱ (-tropíā), from τρόπος (trópos, “a turn”).

Suffix

-tropy

1. (sciences) exhibiting a behavior.
2. (sciences) turning, affecting, change, response, movement.

Usage notes

Easily confused with -trophy; see -tropic: Usage notes.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -tropy

aeolotropy

aerotropy

allotropy

anatropy

antitropy

barotropy

cationotropy

chaotropy

chronotropy

dystropy

ergotropy

geotropy

gravitropy

gyrotropy

heliotropy

hemitropy

homotropy

hydrotropy

iconotropy

inotropy

isotropy

lipotropy

lusitropy

lyotropy

orthotropy

piezotropy

pleiotropy

prototropy

sociotropy

syntropy

thermotropy

trophotropism

trophotropy

Related terms

• trope, -trope
• tropic, -tropic
• tropism
• -tropism
• tropo-

Translations

Translations

French: -tropie (fr) Italian: -tropia Polish: -tropia f Sicilian: -trupìa

References

• “-tropy”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• Pyotr, porty