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Webster 1913 Edition

Semiquaver

Sem′i-quaˊver

(sĕm′ĭ-kwāˊvẽr)

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Noun.

(Mus.)

A note of half the duration of the quaver; – now usually called a

sixteenth note

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Webster 1828 Edition

Semiquaver

SEM'IQUAVER

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Noun.

[semi and quaver.] In music, a note of half the duration of the quaver; the sixteenth of the semibreve.

SEM'IQUAVER

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Verb.

T.

To sound or sing in semiquavers.

Definition 2024

semiquaver

semiquaver

English

Noun

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

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Translations

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Chinese:
Mandarin: 十六分音符 ‎(shíliùfēn yīnfú)
Finnish: kuudestoistaosanuotti (fi)
French: double croche (fr) f
German: Sechzehntelnote f
Greek: δέκατο έκτο n ‎(dékato ékto)
Icelandic: sextándapartsnóta f, sextándipartur m
Italian: semicroma f
Japanese: 十六分音符 ‎(jūrokubun onpu)

Korean: 십육분음표 ‎(sibyukbun eumpyo)
Polish: szesnastka (pl) f
Portuguese: semicolcheia f
Russian: шестна́дцатая f ‎(šestnádcataja), шестна́дцатая но́та f ‎(šestnádcataja nóta)
Scottish Gaelic: leth-chaman m
Slovene: šestnajstinka f
Spanish: semicorchea f

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