TROCHEE


Meaning of TROCHEE in English

/troh"kee/ , n. Pros.

a foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short in quantitative meter, or a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter.

[ 1580-90; trochaeus poùs ), trochaîos running (foot), equiv. to troch- (var. s. of tréchein to run) + -aios adj. suffix ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .