trochaic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (General-American) audio
- /tɹəˈkeɪ.ɪk/ (US)
- /tɹoʊˈkeɪ.ɪk/ (UK)
Etymology
Either via the French trochaïque or directly from its etymon, the Latin trochaicus, from the Ancient Greek τροχαικός (trokhaikós), from τροχαῖος (trokhaîos), whence trochee.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Composed of or relating to trochees, feet of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.
Therefore, in precisely these languages a mechanism could be maintained which preserves the contrast between stressed and unstressed syllables in the trochaic word structure pattern (see 42.3.1) by weakening the onset of a longer or weightier unstressed syllable.
2022, Marianne Bakró-Nagy, “Consonant gradation”, in Marianne Bakró-Nagy, Johanna Laakso, Elena Skribnik, editors, The Oxford Guide to the Uralic Languages, Oxford University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 861:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| troch. | Abbr=Yes | alternative | lexicographic |
| trochaick | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (10)
fi trokeinen (referring to poetry composed of trochees) · sv trokeisk (referring to poetry composed of trochees) · nl trocheïsch (referring to poetry composed of trochees) · da trokæisk (referring to poetry composed of trochees) · hu trochaikus (referring to poetry composed of trochees) · el τροχαϊκός (referring to poetry composed of trochees) · fr trochaïque (referring to poetry composed of trochees) · ru трохеи́ческий (referring to poetry composed of trochees) · sh tròhējskī (referring to poetry composed of trochees) · de trochäisch (referring to poetry composed of trochees)