10 definitions found for Trochee

Trochee TRO'CHEE, n. [L. trochoeus.] In verse, a foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short.

trochee n 1: a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables

trochee oretech

trochee 1603, from Fr. troch?e, from L. trochaeus "a trochee," from Gk. trokhaios (pous), lit. "a running, spinning (foot)," from trekhein "to run." As a metrical foot, a long followed by a short syllable, or an accented followed by an unaccented one.

trochee noun Etymology: probably from Middle French trochée, from Latin trochaeus, from Greek trochaios, from trochaios running, from trochē run, course, from trechein to run; akin to Greek trochos wheel, Old Irish droch Date: 1589 a metrical foot consisting of one long syllable followed by one short syllable or of one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable (as in apple)

trochee
n. Prosody a foot consisting of one long or stressed syllable followed by one short or unstressed syllable.
Etymology: L trochaeus f. Gk trokhaios (pous) running (foot) f. trekho run

trochee ˈtrəuki: n. Prosody a foot consisting of one long or stressed syllable followed by one short or unstressed syllable. [L trochaeus f. Gk trokhaios (pous) running (foot) f. trekho run]

Trochee Tro"chee, n. [L. trochaeus, Gr. ? (sc.?), from ? running, from ? to run. Cf. Troche, Truck a wheel.] (Pros.) A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus.

trochee n. Choree, foot of one long and one short syllable.

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