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Meaning of trochee in English
Pronunciation
/ˈtroʊki/
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Noun
trochee
Etymology
late 16th century: via Latin from Greek trokhaios (pous)‘running (foot)’, from trekhein‘to run’
Definitions
1.
a metrical unit with stressed-stressed-unstressed syllables