[tro.chee] n [prob. fr. MF trochee, fr. L trochaeus, fr. Gk trochaios, fr. trochaios running, fr. troche run, course, fr. trechein to run; akin to Gk trochos wheel, OIr droch] (1589): a metrical foot consisting of one long syllable followed by one short syllable or of one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable (as in apple)
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Meaning of TROCHEE in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012