ditrochee

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(dītrō′kē)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
di•tro•chee  (dītrō′kē),USA pronunciation n. [Pros.]
  1. 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


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