quaver

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkweɪvə(ɹ)/

Noun

quaver (plural 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

• French: croche
• German: Achtelnote
• Italian: croma
• Portuguese: colcheia
• Russian: восьма́я но́та
• Spanish: corchea

Verb

quaver (quavers, present participle quavering; past quavered, past participle quavered)

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.

   • We shall hear her quavering them […] to some sprightly airs of the opera.

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