trochee

[ troh-kee ]

nounProsody.
  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. Symbol: 

Origin of trochee

1
1580–90; <Latin trochaeus<Greek (poùs), trochaîos running (foot), equivalent to troch- (variant stem of tréchein to run) + -aios adj. suffix

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trochee

/ (ˈtrəʊkiː) /


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

Origin of trochee

1
C16: via Latin from Greek trokhaios pous, literally: a running foot, from trekhein to run

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