Complete Definition of "quaver"

English

Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪv�(r)|-eɪv�(r)

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
trans-top|a trembling shake
Hungarian: t|hu|reszketés, t|hu|remegés
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trans-top|a trembling of the voice
Hungarian: t|hu|remegés
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trans-top|(music) an eighth note
Hungarian: nyolcad hangjegy
Portuguese: colcheia f
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Slovene: osminka f
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Catalan: tremolor
Esperanto: okono, okonoto
Interlingua: tremor
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Italian: croma f (music)
Spanish: temblor
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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
trans-top|to shake
Hungarian: t|hu|remeg, t|hu|reszket
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trans-top|to use the voice in a trembling manner
Hungarian: t|hu|trillázik
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ttbc|Catalan: tremolar
ttbc|Esperanto: tremi
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ttbc|Interlingua: tremer, tremular
ttbc|Spanish: temblar
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