How to pronounce trochee
American English pronunciation
TROH-kee
- IPA
- /ˈtɹoʊki/
- Syllables
- TROH · kee (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What trochee means
A beat in poetry of one strong syllable then one weak one
In a sentence: Say garden out loud and you can hear a trochee: GAR-den.
Where it comes from: It comes through Latin from a Greek word linked to running.
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