anastrophe

Meaning of anastrophe

noun

the inversion of the usual order of words or clauses.

mid 16th century: from Greek anastrophē ‘turning back’, from ana- ‘back’ + strephein ‘to turn’.

Information about anastrophe

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of anastrophe is: anastrophes.
  • Languages ​​in which anastrophe is used:

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Hyphenation of anastrophe

anas-tro-phe

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • anastrophe is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

anastrophe synonyms

Meaning inversion:

inversion

Words that rhyme with anastrophe

angiostrophe, antistrophe, apostrophe, catastrophe, diastrophe, ecocatastrophe, embryotrophe, enstrophe, epanastrophe, epistrophe, hemotrophe, hypostrophe, limitrophe, metastrophe, monostrophe, strophe, supercatastrophe, philosophe, Christophe, Cristophe, tophe

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