Trochaic

//tɹəˈkeɪ.ɪk//

"Trochaic" in a Sentence (1 examples)

Therefore, in precisely these languages a mechanism could be maintained which preserves the contrast between stressed and unstressed syllables in the trochaic word structure pattern (see 42.3.1) by weakening the onset of a longer or weightier unstressed syllable.

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