Dictionary

trochee en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɹəʊki/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈtɹoʊ.ki/ (General-American)

Etymology

Borrowed from French trochée, via Latin trochaeus from the Ancient Greek τροχαῖος (trokhaîos), derived from τρέχω (trékhō, “run”).

Meanings

1. 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.’ 2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 152:

Forms

Relateds

iamb · trochaic

Translations (25)

cs trochej (a metrical foot) · grc τροχαῖος (a metrical foot) · sv troké (a metrical foot) · nl trocheus (a metrical foot) · ru хоре́й (a metrical foot) · gl troqueo (a metrical foot) · pt coreu (a metrical foot) · fi trokee (a metrical foot) · nl trochee (a metrical foot) · es troqueo (a metrical foot) · de Trochäus (a metrical foot) · ru трохе́й (a metrical foot) · fr trochée (a metrical foot) · pt troqueu (a metrical foot) · pl trochej (a metrical foot) · sh tròhēj (a metrical foot) · da trokæ (a metrical foot) · io trokeo (a metrical foot) · ga trócae class m4 (a metrical foot) · eo troĥeo (a metrical foot) · hu trocheus (a metrical foot) · eo trokeo (a metrical foot) · fo rættur tvíliður (a metrical foot) · el τροχαίος (a metrical foot) · ca troqueu (a metrical foot)