trochee

English

Alternative forms

troch. (abbreviation)

Etymology

Borrowed from French trochée, from the Latin trochaeus, from the Ancient Greek τροχαῖος (trokhaîos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɹəʊki/
Rhymes: -əʊki

Noun

trochee (plural trochees)

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

Related terms

trochaic

Translations

a metrical foot

Czech: trochej
Danish: trokæ c
Esperanto: trokeo
Faroese: rættur tvíliður m
Finnish: trokee (fi)
French: trochée (fr) m
German: Trochäus (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: τροχαῖος m (trokhaîos)

Hungarian: trocheus (hu)
Ido: trokeo (io)
Polish: trochej m
Russian: трохе́й (ru) m (troxéj), хоре́й (ru) m (xoréj)
Serbo-Croatian: tròhēj (sh) m
Spanish: troqueo m

See also

iamb

Further reading

trochee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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