-tropy

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

-tropy

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

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

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

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

• Pyotr, porty