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trochee
[ troh-kee ]
/ ˈtroʊ ki /
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noun Prosody.
a foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short in quantitative meter, or a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter. Symbol:
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Origin of trochee
1580–90; <Latin trochaeus<Greek (poùs), trochaîos running (foot), equivalent to troch- (variant stem of tréchein to run) + -aios adj. suffix
Words nearby trochee
trochaic, trochal, trochanter, trochanterian, troche, trochee, trochelminth, trochilus, trochlea, trochlear, trochlear nerve
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British Dictionary definitions for trochee
trochee
/ (ˈtrəʊkiː) /
noun
Word Origin for trochee
C16: via Latin from Greek trokhaios pous, literally: a running foot, from trekhein to run
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