"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), {{m|grc|τροχαῖος}} τροχαῖος (trokhaîos), {{m|en|trochee}} trochee 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), trochaikus (Hungarian), трохеи́ческий (troxeíčeskij) (Russian), tròhējskī (Serbo-Croatian), trokeisk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-trochaic-en-adj-jY7Lq08h Disambiguation of Prosody: 60 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40
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), {{m|grc|τροχαῖος}} τροχαῖος (trokhaîos), {{m|en|trochee}} trochee Head templates: {{en-noun}} trochaic (plural trochaics)
  1. A poetical composition of this kind.
    Sense id: en-trochaic-en-noun-QlpYDLkq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: troch. [abbreviation], trochaick [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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