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tro·chee
\trō(ˌ)kē\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French trochēe, from Latin trochaeus, from Greek trochaios (pous) running (foot), trochee, from trochaios running, from trochos running race, racecourse, from trechein to run; akin to Old Irish droch wheel, Lithuanian drožti to run quickly, Armenian durgn potter's wheel
: a prosodic foot of two syllables of which the first is long and the second short (as in Latin ante) or the first stressed and the second unstressed (as in English motion) — symbol -˘; compare iamb |