"semiquaver" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: semiquavers [plural]
Etymology: 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 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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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "music",
      "word": "十六分音符"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "music",
      "word": "십육분음표"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "music",
      "word": "orohauwhā"
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      "sense": "music",
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      "sense": "music",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "semicolcheia"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "music",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šestnádcataja nóta",
      "sense": "music",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шестна́дцатая но́та"
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      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "music",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "leth-chaman"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "music",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "šestnajstinka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "music",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "semicorchea"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "music",
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      "word": "sextondelsnot"
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