Meaning

1 senses
  1. (not comparable)Composed of or relating to trochees, feet of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.

    trochäisch

    трохеи́ческийtroxeíčeskij

More definitions
  • of or consisting of trochees

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
referring to poetry composed of trochees:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
referring to poetry composed of trochees:

Origin

Either via the French trochaïque or directly from its etymon, the Latin trochaicus, from t

Either via the French trochaïque or directly from its etymon, the Latin trochaicus, from the Ancient Greek τροχαικός (trokhaikós), from τροχαῖος (trokhaîos), whence trochee.

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