quaver

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

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

Verb

1. To shake in a trembling manner.
2. (intransitive) To use the voice in a trembling manner, as in speaking or singing.
3. (transitive) To utter quaveringly.

Conceptes

corxera

tremolor

tremolar

refilar

trinar

Sinònims

tremble

quiver

eighth note

vibrate

waver

trill

shake

🫨

quake

shiver

warble

palpitate

demi-crotchet

shudder

tremolo

tremor

wobble

yodel

gobble

flicker

shimmy

fibrillate

shivering

shake with fear

sing

thrill

eighth

8th

trembling

yodle

fremitus

tremulous

tremulousness

dodder

undulate

croon

vibration

vibrato

convulse

chattering

didder

carol

chant

eight note

oscillate

pipe

pound

💷

pulsate

judder

Traduccions

croche

croma

corchea

colcheia

Achtelnote

zittern

temblar

temblor

λαρρυγγισμός

τρεμούλιασμα

trilling

trillern

trillen

beven

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈkweɪvə(ɹ)/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: quaveren

Cognat amb baix alemany: quabbeln

Cognat amb alemany: quabbeln

In summary

From Middle English quaveren, frequentative form of quaven, cwavien (“to tremble”), equivalent to quave + -er. Cognate with Low German quabbeln (“to quiver”), German quabbeln, quappeln (“to quiver”). More at quave, quab, quiver.