Trochee

/ˈtɹəʊki/

Synonyms for "trochee" (79 found)

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Closest matches (16)

accent accentuation alexandrine amphibrach amphimacer anacrusis anapest antispast arsis bacchius beat cadence caesura catalexis chloriamb chloriambus

Strong matches (24)

colon counterpoint cretic dactyldactylic hexameterdiaeresis dimeter dipody dochmiac elegiacelegiac coupletelegiac pentameteremphasis epitritefeminine caesurafoot heptameter heptapodyheroic couplethexameter

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hexapody iamb iambiciambic pentameter

Related words (39)

ictus ionic jingle liltmasculine caesurameasure metermetrical accentmetrical footmetrical groupmetrical unitmetron molossus mora movement numbers paeon pentameter pentapody period

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proceleusmatic pyrrhic quantity rhythm spondeesprung rhythmstress swing syzygy tetrameter tetrapody tetraseme thesis tribrach trimeter tripody triseme

Noun(2 words)

stress-unstressed foottrochaic foot

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

4 entries

footmetrical footmetrical unitprosodic unit

More specific

2 entries

trochaic tetrametertrochaic trimeter

Collocations

5 entries

metrical foottrochaic foottrochaic metertrochaic tetrametertrochaic trimeter

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

trochaic trochaically

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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‘He made us read James Fenton on the genius of the trochee.’

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