"semiquaver" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛmiˌkweɪvə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-semiquaver.wav Forms: semiquavers [plural]
Etymology: From semi- + quaver. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|semi|quaver}} semi- + quaver Head templates: {{en-noun}} semiquaver (plural semiquavers)
  1. (music) A sixteenth note, drawn as a crotchet with two tails. Categories (topical): Music, Musical notes Derived forms: semiquaver rest Related terms: quaver, demisemiquaver, hemidemisemiquaver, crotchet, minim, semibreve Translations (music): kortxeaerdi (Basque), шестнадесетина нота (šestnadesetina nota) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 十六分音符 (shíliùfēn yīnfú) (Chinese Mandarin), kuudestoistaosanuotti (Finnish), double croche [feminine] (French), semicorchea [feminine] (Galician), Sechzehntelnote [feminine] (German), δέκατο έκτο (dékato ékto) [neuter] (Greek), tizenhatod (Hungarian), sextándapartsnóta [feminine] (Icelandic), sextándipartur [masculine] (Icelandic), semicroma [feminine] (Italian), 十六分音符 (jūrokubun onpu) (Japanese), 십육분음표 (sibyukbuneumpyo) (Korean), orohauwhā (Maori), szesnastka [feminine] (Polish), semicolcheia [feminine] (Portuguese), шестна́дцатая (šestnádcataja) [feminine] (Russian), шестна́дцатая но́та (šestnádcataja nóta) [feminine] (Russian), leth-chaman [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), šestnajstinka [feminine] (Slovene), semicorchea [feminine] (Spanish), sextondelsnot [common-gender] (Swedish)

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