"trochaic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /tɹoʊˈkeɪ.ɪk/
Etymology: Either via the French trochaïque or directly from its etymon, the Latin trochaicus, from the Ancient Greek τροχαικός (trokhaikós), from τροχαῖος (trokhaîos), whence trochee. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰregʰ-}}, {{der|en|fr|trochaïque}} French trochaïque, {{der|en|la|trochaicus}} Latin trochaicus, {{der|en|grc|τροχαικός}} Ancient Greek τροχαικός (trokhaikós) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} trochaic (not comparable)
  1. Composed of or relating to trochees, feet of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Prosody Translations (referring to poetry composed of trochees): trokæisk (Danish), trokeinen (Finnish), trochaïque [feminine, masculine] (French), trochäisch (German), τροχαϊκός (trochaïkós) (Greek), trochaikus (Hungarian), трохеи́ческий (troxeíčeskij) (Russian), tròhējskī (Serbo-Croatian), trokeisk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-trochaic-en-adj-jY7Lq08h Disambiguation of Prosody: 64 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 71 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: troch. [abbreviation], trochaick [obsolete]

Noun [English]

IPA: /tɹoʊˈkeɪ.ɪk/ Forms: trochaics [plural]
Etymology: Either via the French trochaïque or directly from its etymon, the Latin trochaicus, from the Ancient Greek τροχαικός (trokhaikós), from τροχαῖος (trokhaîos), whence trochee. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰregʰ-}}, {{der|en|fr|trochaïque}} French trochaïque, {{der|en|la|trochaicus}} Latin trochaicus, {{der|en|grc|τροχαικός}} Ancient Greek τροχαικός (trokhaikós) Head templates: {{en-noun}} trochaic (plural trochaics)
  1. A poetical composition of this kind.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: troch. [abbreviation], trochaick [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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