Trochee Definition

trōkē
noun
A metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable, as in season.
American Heritage
A metrical foot consisting, in Greek and Latin verse, of one long syllable followed by one short one, or, as in English verse, of one accented syllable followed by one unaccented one (Ex.: “Pétĕr, | Pétĕr, | púmpkĭn | éatĕr”)
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Other Word Forms of Trochee

Noun

Singular:
trochee
Plural:
trochees

Origin of Trochee

  • French trochée from Latin trochaeus from Greek trokhaios from trokhos a running from trekhein to run

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Trochee Sentence Examples

  • We are told that an assembly was stirred to wild applause by a double trochee - - u.

  • S(= selectae), in which a spondee is substituted for a trochee in the cadence, e.g.

  • Shakespeare, for example, often used a trochee at the start of his predominantly iambic lines.

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Words Starting With

TTRTRO

Words Ending With

EEEHEE

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