-trophe
French, suffix/tʁɔf/
-trophe is spelled T-R-O-P-H-E (6 letters). -trophe is a French masculine suffix meaning “-trophic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Majoritairement utilisé en sciences naturelles pour indiquer une façon de croître, de se nourrir ou de…”.
What does -trophe mean in English?
suffix
- 1
-trophic
proto- + -trophe → prototrophe (“prototrophic”)
suffix
- 1
masculine-troph
proto- + -trophe → prototrophe (“prototroph”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. Majoritairement utilisé en sciences naturelles pour indiquer une façon de croître, de se nourrir ou de nourrir.
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.
How do you pronounce -trophe?
- /tʁɔf/
- \tʁɔf\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to -trophe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.