trochee
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French trochée, via Latin trochaeus from the Ancient Greek τροχαῖος (trokhaîos), derived from τρέχω (trékhō, “run”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɹəʊki/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɹoʊ.ki/
- Rhymes: -əʊki
Noun
trochee (plural trochees)
- A metrical foot in verse consisting of a stressed or heavy syllable followed by an unstressed or light syllable.
- 2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 152:
- ‘He made us read James Fenton on the genius of the trochee.’
Related terms
Translations
a metrical foot
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