trochee
noun/ˈtrəʊkiː/
/ˈtrəʊkiː/
(specialist)- a unit of sound in poetry consisting of one strong or long syllable followed by one weak or short syllableWord Originlate 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek trokhaios (pous) ‘running (foot)’, from trekhein ‘to run’.
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