trochee

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1 English
- 1.1 Pronunciation
- 1.2 Noun

English [edit]

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Trochee

Pronunciation [edit]

Rhymes: -əʊki

Noun [edit]

trochee (plural trochees)

A metrical foot in verse consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.

Derived terms [edit]

trochaic

Translations [edit]

a metrical foot

Czech: trochej (cs)
Esperanto: trokeo (eo)
Finnish: trokee (fi)
French: trochée (fr) m

German: Trochäus (de) m
Polish: trochej (pl) m
Russian: трохей (ru) (trox'éj) m, хорей (ru) (xor'éj) m
Serbo-Croatian: tròhēj (sh) m

See also [edit]

iamb

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