"trochee" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹəʊki/, /ˈtɹoʊ.ki/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trochee.wav Forms: trochees [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊki Etymology: Borrowed from French trochée, via Latin trochaeus from the Ancient Greek τροχαῖος (trokhaîos), derived from τρέχω (trékhō, “run”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰregʰ-}}, {{bor|en|fr|trochée}} French trochée, {{der|en|la|trochaeus}} Latin trochaeus, {{der|en|grc|τροχαῖος}} Ancient Greek τροχαῖος (trokhaîos) Head templates: {{en-noun}} trochee (plural trochees)
  1. A metrical foot in verse consisting of a stressed or heavy syllable followed by an unstressed or light syllable. Categories (topical): Poetry, Prosody Synonyms: troch. [abbreviation], trocheus [archaic] Related terms: trochaic, iamb Translations (a metrical foot): τροχαῖος (trokhaîos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), troqueu [masculine] (Catalan), trochej (Czech), trokæ [common-gender] (Danish), troĥeo (Esperanto), trokeo (Esperanto), rættur tvíliður [masculine] (Faroese), trokee (Finnish), trochée [masculine] (French), troqueo [masculine] (Galician), Trochäus [masculine] (German), τροχαίος (trochaíos) [masculine] (Greek), trocheus (Hungarian), trokeo (Ido), trochej [masculine] (Polish), troqueu [masculine] (Portuguese), coreu [masculine] (Portuguese), трохе́й (troxéj) [masculine] (Russian), хоре́й (xoréj) [masculine] (Russian), tròhēj [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), troqueo [masculine] (Spanish), troké [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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