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trochee

troc·hee

UK/ˈtɹəʊki/ US/ˈtɹoʊ.ki/ uncommon

noun

1.

a metrical unit with stressed-stressed-unstressed syllables

Origin

Borrowed from French trochée, via Latin trochaeus from the Ancient Greek τροχαῖος (trokhaîos), derived from τρέχω (trékhō, “run”).

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