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strophe

French, noun/stʁɔf/

strophe is spelled S-T-R-O-P-H-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 38,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Strophe is a French feminine noun meaning “stanza” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Groupement organisé de vers pouvant comporter une disposition particulière de rimes”.

What does strophe mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininestanza

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Groupement organisé de vers pouvant comporter une disposition particulière de rimes. 2. Première des trois parties de l’ode avec l’antistrophe et l’épode.

noun: 1. Bandeau de tissu en laine.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of strophe

  • strophes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce strophe?

  • /stʁɔf/
  • \stʁɔf\
  • [stʁɔf]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to strophe

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is strophe in French?

strophe appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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