WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
di•tro•chee
(dī′trō′kē),USA pronunciation n. [Pros.]
- Poetrya form of poetic meter in which two trochees constitute one metrical unit.
- Greek ditróchaios, equivalent. to di- di-1 + trochaîos trochee
- Latin ditrochaeus
- 1700–10