semiquaver

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *sem-

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi

Latin sēmi-bor.

English semi-

English quaver

English semiquaver

From semi- + quaver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛmiˌkweɪvə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

semiquaver (plural semiquavers)

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

Derived terms

• semiquaver rest

Related terms

• quaver
• demisemiquaver
• hemidemisemiquaver

Translations

music

• Azerbaijani: onaltılıq not
• Basque: kortxeaerdi
• Bulgarian: шестнадесетина нота f (šestnadesetina nota)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 十六分音符 (zh) (shíliùfēn yīnfú)

• Dutch: zestiende noot (nl) m or f
• Finnish: kuudestoistaosanuotti (fi)
• French: double croche (fr) f
• Galician: semicorchea (gl) f
• German: Sechzehntelnote f
• Greek: δέκατο έκτο (el) n (dékato ékto)
• Hungarian: tizenhatod (hu)
• Icelandic: sextándapartsnóta f, sextándipartur m
• Italian: semicroma (it) f
• Japanese: 十六分音符 (jūrokubun onpu)
• Korean: 십육분음표 (sibyukbuneumpyo)
• Māori: orohauwhā
• Polish: szesnastka (pl) f
• Portuguese: semicolcheia (pt) f
• Russian: шестна́дцатая (ru) f (šestnádcataja), шестна́дцатая но́та f (šestnádcataja nóta)
• Scottish Gaelic: leth-chaman m
• Slovene: šestnajstinka f
• Spanish: semicorchea (es) f
• Swedish: sextondelsnot (sv) c
• Vietnamese: móc kép (vi), nốt móc kép

See also

• crotchet
• minim
• semibreve

Anagrams

• quavemires