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Definition of trochees in English Turkish dictionary
- trochee
- uzun kısa ölçü
- trochee
- biri uzun ve biri kısa iki heceli vezin
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Definition of trochees in English English dictionary
- plural of trochee
- trochee
- A metrical foot in verse consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
- trochee
- {n} a foot of a long and short syllable
- trochee
- {i} two-syllable metric foot in poetry accented on first syllable
- trochee
- 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
- trochee
- A foot in with one accented syllable followed by one unaccented syllable It is the opposite of the iambic foot U V W X Y Z
- trochee
- A two-syllable foot consisting of a heavy stress followed by a light stress See discussion under meter
- trochee
- A metrical foot of two syllables, one long (or stressed) and one short (or unstressed) An easy way to remember the trochee is to memorize the first line of a lighthearted poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, which demonstrates the use of various kinds of metrical feet: “Trochee/ trips from/ long to/ short ” (The stressed syllables are in bold ) The trochee is the reverse of the iamb
- trochee
- a metrical unit with stressed-stressed-unstressed syllables
- trochee
- A foot (pair of syllables) containing a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one A trochee is the reverse of an iamb The word "scoring" is a trochee
- trochee
- - a metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
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trochees
Etymology
[ 'trO-(")kE ] (noun.) 1589. probably from Middle French trochée, from Latin trochaeus, from Greek trochaios, from trochaios running, from trochE run, course, from trechein to run; akin to Greek trochos wheel, Old Irish droch.Resimler
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