trochee

Noun

Meaning

A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

numbers dactyl measure foot rhythm meter accent caesura pentameter accentuation ictus anapest assonance metrical foot hexameter
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Hypernyms

foot

Related terms

trochaic

Anagrams

Ocheret

Examples

Trochee trips from long to short; From long to long in solemn sort Slow Spondee stalks. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

A common variation is the inversion of a foot, which turns an iamb ("da-DUM") into a trochee ("DUM-da"). Source: Internet

Because of the anceps (a short or long syllable), the sixth foot can be filled by either a trochee (a long then short syllable) or a spondee. Source: Internet

"Satisfaction" example The phrasing of " Satisfaction ", a good example of syncopation, is derived here from its theoretic unsyncopated form, a repeated trochee (¯ ˘ ¯ ˘). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

trochar troche trocheameter trochelminth trochetia flower trocheus