Quaver

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Related terms 1.1.2 Translations 1.1.3 See also 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Translations

English

Noun

quaver (quavers)

1. a trembling shake.
2. a trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing.
3. (Music) an eighth note, drawn as a crotchet (quarter note) with a tail.

Related terms

• semiquaver
• demisemiquaver
• hemidemisemiquaver

Translations

• Catalan: tremolor
• Esperanto: okono, okonoto
• Interlingua: tremor
• Spanish: temblor

See also

• breve
• crotchet
• longa
• minim
• semibreve

Verb

to quaver (quavers, quavered, quavering)

1. to shake in a trembling manner.
2. to use the voice in a trembling manner, as in speaking or singing.

Translations

• Catalan: tremolar
• Esperanto: tremi
• Interlingua: tremer, tremular
• Spanish: temblar