# topos

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtoʊpɒs/ · frequency rank #87,912

## Definitions
1. A literary theme or motif; a rhetorical convention or formula.
2. A category that behaves like the category of sheaves of sets on a topological space (or, more generally, on a site).
3. A toilet.

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”). Compare topic.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/topos