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trochee

/ˈtrəʊ.kiː/

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noun

C2formalcommonart/ˈtrəʊ.kiː/

A metrical unit in poetry consisting of one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable.

  • 🇷🇺Метрическая единица в поэзии, состоящая из одного ударного слога, за которым следует один безударный слог.
  1. Metrical foot in poetry C2 formal

    A metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable.

    • The word 'poem' is a trochee.
    • Shakespeare often used the trochee in his plays.
    • The line 'Double, double, toil and trouble' is written in trochaic meter.

    🇷🇺Хорей

  • trochees plural form
  • trochees' possessive plural form
  • trochee's possessive singular form