trochee

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable, or a long syllable followed by a short one

   The word garden forms a trochee when spoken with its usual English stress.

Borrowed through French trochee and Latin trochaeus from Ancient Greek trokhaios, 'running,' related to trekhein, 'to run.' The name evokes the foot's brisk falling rhythm from a strong syllable to a weak one.

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