Dictionary De - En
De - Es
De - Pt| English Dictionary: Trochee | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for Trochee | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
|
Trochee \Tro"chee\, n. [L. trochaeus, Gr. [?] (sc.[?]), from [?] running, from [?] to run. Cf. {Troche}, {Truck} a wheel.] (Pros.) 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. | |
