trochee

American  

[troh-kee] / ˈtroʊ ki /

noun

Prosody.

1. a foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short in quantitative meter, or a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter.

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trochee British  

/ ˈtrəʊkiː /

noun

1. prosody a metrical foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short ( ) Compare iamb

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Etymology

Origin of trochee

1580–90; < Latin trochaeus < Greek ( poùs ), trochaîos running (foot), equivalent to troch- (variant stem of tréchein to run) + -aios adj. suffix

Example Sentences

Not that one needs to know an anapest from a trochee to enjoy the genre.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2023

Within its print-hung, paneled walls, smelling of old leather bindings and armchairs, the Grolier is a club of booklovers more interested in a richly tooled cover than in a succulent footnote or limpid trochee.

From Time Magazine Archive

A single stressed syllable, then a trochee, then a dactyl, for prosody nerds.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

Two types were chosen, the trochee and the dactyl.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo

But is the trochee suited to our heroic verse? 

From The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)