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quaver

English

Etymology

From Middle English quaveren, frequentative form of quaven, cwavien (“to tremble”), equivalent to quave +? -er. Cognate with Low German quabbeln (“to quiver”), German quabbeln, quappeln (“to quiver”). More at quave, quab, quiver.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?kwe?v?(?)/
Rhymes: -e?v?(r)

Noun

quaver (plural quavers)

A trembling shake.
A trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing.
(music) an eighth note, drawn as a crotchet (quarter note) with a tail.

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semiquaver
demisemiquaver
hemidemisemiquaver

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Verb

quaver (third-person singular simple present quavers, present participle quavering, simple past and past participle quavered)

To shake in a trembling manner.
(intransitive) To use the voice in a trembling manner, as in speaking or singing.
(transitive) To utter quaveringly.
- We shall hear her quavering them […] to some sprightly airs of the opera.

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semiquaver

English

Etymology

semi- +? quaver

Noun

semiquaver (plural semiquavers)

(music) A sixteenth note, drawn as a crotchet with two tails.

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quaver
demisemiquaver
hemidemisemiquaver

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