trochee
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trochee
- /ˈtɹəʊki/
- /ˈtɹoʊ.ki/ US
Sounds like troche · Rhymes with -əʊki
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French trochée, via Latin trochaeus from the Ancient Greek τροχαῖος (trokhaîos), derived from τρέχω (trékhō, “run”).
noun trochees · troch. · trocheus
- A metrical foot in verse consisting of a stressed or heavy syllable followed by an unstressed or light syllable. ‘He made us read James Fenton on the genius of the trochee.’
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Talk about this word "trochee." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/trochee. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. trochee. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/trochee "trochee." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/trochee.Cite this
@misc{trochee_2026,
title = {trochee},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/trochee},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
