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trochees

trochees is the plural of trochee.

Meaning of trochee

Noun

trochee (plural trochees)

  1. A metrical foot in verse consisting of a stressed or heavy syllable followed by an unstressed or light syllable.
    • ‘He made us read James Fenton on the genius of the trochee.’2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 152

Questions about trochees

What is trochees the plural of?
Trochees is the plural of trochee.

Words near trochees in the dictionary

  1. trochas
  2. troche
  3. trocheameter
  4. trocheameters
  5. trochee
  6. trochees
  7. trochei
  8. trochelminth
  9. trochelminths
  10. troches
  11. trocheus

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