trochee

Meaning

A metrical foot in verse consisting of a stressed or heavy syllable followed by an unstressed or light syllable.

Synonyms

choree

Translations

trochée

Trochäus

troqueo

trocheo

trochee

coreo

τροχαίος

troqueu

troqueu

coreo

coreu

Choreus

chorée

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɹəʊki/

Etymology

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