strophe.
A turn in verse, as from one metrical foot to another, or from one side of a chorus to the other.
Meaning & usage
A turn in verse, as from one metrical foot to another, or from one side of a chorus to the other.
The section of an ode that the chorus chants as it moves from right to left across the stage.
A pair of stanzas of alternating form on which the structure of a given poem is based.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin stropha, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek στροφή (strophḗ, “a turn, bend, twist”). Compare strap and strop. Compare typologically rehearsal, rehearse (related to French herser (“to harrow”) << Latin hirpex, another meaning shift from the idea of turning).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.