quaver

v., -vered, -ver·ing, -vers.

v.intr.

1. To quiver, as from weakness; tremble.
2. To speak in a quivering voice; utter a quivering sound.
3. Music. To produce a trill on an instrument or with the voice.

v.tr.
To utter or sing in a trilling voice.

n.

1. A quivering sound.
2. A trill.
3. Chiefly British. An eighth note.

[Middle English quaveren, probably frequentative of cwavien, quaven, to tremble.]

quaveringly qua'ver·ing·ly adv.
quavery qua'ver·y adj.

verb

To move to and fro in short, jerky movements: quake, quiver, shake, shiver¹, shudder, tremble, twitter, vibrate. See repetition.

The note, in American usage called an eighth-note, that is half the value of a crotchet/quarter-note and double that of a semiquaver/16th-note. The equivalent of the old fusa, it is first found in 15th-century music. In early sources it is shown as a void note with two flags. The French term for it, croche, should not be confused with the English crotchet. See Note values.

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a 1/8 note in music

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - dirre, skælve
v. tr. - med skælvende stemme
n. - dirren, skælven, ottendelsnode

Nederlands (Dutch)
achtste noot

Français (French)
v. intr. - trembloter
v. tr. - trembloter
n. - (GB, Mus) croche, tremblement

Deutsch (German)
n. - Achtelnote, Triller, Zittern
v. - zittern, trillern, zittrig sprechen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τρέμολο, (μουσ.) όγδοο
v. - τρέμω, κάνω τρίλιες

Italiano (Italian)
croma, trillo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - colcheia (f) (Mús.)
v. - vibrar, tremular

Русский (Russian)
дрожь, восьмая нота, вибрировать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - temblar, estremecerse
v. tr. - hablar, decir con voz trémula
n. - corchea, trino, temblor

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skälvning, darrande röst, tremulering, åttondelsnot
v. - darra, skälva, tremulera, drilla

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
颤抖, 以颤音演奏, 以颤音演唱, 声音颤抖地说, 以颤音奏出, 以颤音唱出, 八分音符, 颤音

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 顫抖, 以顫音演奏, 以顫音演唱
v. tr. - 聲音顫抖地說, 以顫音奏出, 以顫音唱出
n. - 顫抖, 八分音符, 顫音

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 진동하다, (목소리가) 떨리다, 떨리는 소리로 노래하다
v. tr. - 소리를 떨다, 떨리는 소리로 노래[말]하다
n. - 떨리는 음

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 震える, 震え声で言う
n. - 震え声, 震音

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تهدج, نوع من النغمه الموسيقيه (فعل) يتهدج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮רטט, רעד, שר או דיבר בקול רוטט‬
v. tr. - ‮רטט, רעד, שר או דיבר בקול רועד‬
n. - ‮שמינית תו, רעד בזמרה או בדיבור‬

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