tribrach

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A trochee, or tribrach, will do very well.

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  1. noun A metrical foot having three short or unstressed syllables.

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  1. Latin tribrachys, from Greek tribrakhus : tri-, tri- + brakhus, short; see mregh-u- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Formerly, as L., tribrachys, also tribrachus; =F. tribraque =Spanish tribraquio =Portuguese tribraco, from Latin tribrachys, from Greek τρίβραχυς, a tribrach, from τρεῖς (τρι-), three, + βραχύς, short: see brief.
  2. from Greek τρε=ς (τρι-), three, + βραχίων, arm.
 

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/ˈtraɪbræk/
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