tro|chee

tro|chee
tro|chee «TROH kee», noun.
1. a foot or measure in poetry consisting of two syllables, the first accented and the second unaccented or the first long and the second short. Example: “Sing a / song of / sixpence.”
2. a long syllable followed by a short syllable in Greek or Latin verse. Example: pāt.
╂[< Middle French trochée, learned borrowing from Latin trochaeus < Greek trochaîos (literally) running < tréchein to run]

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  • chee — bob·a·chee; chee·cha; chee·cha·ko; chee·ny; chee·tah; chil·lum·chee; chin·che·rin·chee; cou·chee; gee·chee; kur·chee; mus·sal·chee; ogee·chee; Par·chee·si; tro·chee; chee·cha·co; chee·ney; chee·ta; chuk·chee; kim·chee; man·i·chee; man·i·chee·ism; …   English syllables

  • trochee — tro·chee …   English syllables

  • trochee — tro•chee [[t]ˈtroʊ ki[/t]] n. pro a foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short in quantitative meter, or a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter • Etymology: 1580–90; < L trochaeus < Gk (poùs) trochaîos running (foot) …   From formal English to slang

  • trochee — tro|chee [ trouki ] noun count a set of two SYLLABLES in poetry in which you emphasize the first one when you read it, but not the second …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • trocheeize — tro·chee·ize …   English syllables

  • trochée — 1. (tro chée ; l Académie prononce tro kée ; mais dans les classes de Paris on prononce généralement tro chée) s. m. Terme de prosodie grecque et latine. Pied formé de deux syllabes, une longue et une brève. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Le grec de trochée,… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • ize — jaco·bin·ize; jar·gon·ize; jas·per·ize; jesu·it·ize; jour·nal·ize; jo·vial·ize; ju·da·ize; ka·olin·ize; ker·a·tin·ize; kjel·dahl·ize; la·bi·al·ize; la·bio·ve·lar·ize; la·ryn·ge·al·ize; lat·er·al·ize; lat·in·ize; leath·er·ize; le·gal·ize;… …   English syllables

  • Ditrochee — Di*tro chee, n. [L. ditrochaeus, Gr. ?; di = di s twice + ? trochee.] (Pros.) A double trochee; a foot made up of two trochees. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Trochee — Tro chee, n. [L. trochaeus, Gr. ? (sc.?), from ? running, from ? to run. Cf. {Troche}, {Truck} a wheel.] (Pros.) A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ditrochée — (di tro chée) s. m. Terme de métrique ancienne. Pied grec ou latin composé de deux trochées, comme fluctuosa. On l appelle aussi dichorée. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Du grec, deux, et trochée …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

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