quaver

qua·ver

 (kwā′vər)

v. qua·vered, qua·ver·ing, qua·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. Music

a. A trill.

b. An eighth note.

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

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qua′ver·ing·ly adv.

qua′ver·y adj.

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quaver

(ˈkweɪvə)

vb

1. to say or sing (something) with a trembling voice

2. (intr) (esp of the voice) to quiver, tremble, or shake

3. (Music, other) (intr) rare to sing or play quavers or ornamental trills

n

4. (Music, other) music a note having the time value of an eighth of a semibreve. Usual US and Canadian name: eighth note

5. a tremulous sound or note

[C15 (in the sense: to vibrate, quiver¹): from quaven to tremble, of Germanic origin; compare Low German quabbeln to tremble]

ˈquaverer n

ˈquavering adj

ˈquaveringly adv

ˈquavery adj

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qua•ver

(ˈkweɪ vər)

v.i.

1. to shake tremulously; quiver or tremble.

2. to sound, speak, or sing tremulously.

3. to perform trills in music.

v.t.

4. to utter, say, or sing with a quavering voice.

n.

5. a quivering or trembling, esp. in the voice.

6. a quavering tone or utterance.

7. eighth note.

[1400–50; appar. frequentative of Middle English quaven to tremble, shake]

qua′ver•er, n.

qua′ver•ing•ly, adv.

qua′ver•y, adj.

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quaver

- Came from the now obsolete Middle English quave, "tremble."

See also related terms for tremble.

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Quaver

 of coloraturas—Lipton, 1970.

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quaver

Past participle: quavered
Gerund: quavering

Imperative

quaver

quaver

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	quaver - a tremulous sound sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"
	2.	quaver - a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note eighth note musical note, note, tone - a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long"
Verb	1.	quaver - give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency waver vocalize, voice, vocalise, sound - utter with vibrating vocal chords
	2.	quaver - sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below warble, trill sing - produce tones with the voice; "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well"

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quaver

verb tremble, shake, quiver, thrill, quake, shudder, flicker, flutter, waver, vibrate, pulsate, oscillate, trill, twitter Her voice quavered and she fell silent.

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quaver

verb

To move to and fro in short, jerky movements:

quake, quiver, shake, shiver, shudder, tremble, twitter, vibrate.

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Translations

إرْتِعاش، تَهَدُّجرُبْع نَغَمَه موسيقيَّهيتَهَدَّج الصَّوْت

chvěníchvět seosminová nota

ottendedelsnodeskælveskælven

AchtelnoteZittern

crochetremblementchevroter

remegésreszketreszketéstrilláziknyolcad

áttundapartsnótaskjálfti, titringurtitra, skjálfa

cromatremaretremolio

aštuntinė gaidadrebėjimas

astotdaļnotsdrebēšanadrebēttrīsēšanatrīsēt

åttendedelsnotedirredirringsitringvibrere

восьмая нота

osminová nota

osminka

sekizlik notatitremetitremek

八分音符声音颤抖颤抖

quaver

[ˈkweɪvəʳ]

A. N (when speaking) → temblor m (Mus) (= trill) → trémolo m (Brit) (= note) → corchea f
with a quaver in her voice → con voz trémula

B. VI [voice] → temblar

C. VT "yes," she quavered → -sí -dijo con voz trémula or temblorosa

D. CPD quaver rest N (Brit) → pausa f de corchea

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quaver

[ˈkweɪvə^r]

n

(British) (MUSIC) → croche f

(in voice) → tremblement m

vi [voice] → trembler

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

quaver

n

(esp Brit Mus) → Achtel (→ note f) nt; quaver rest → Achtelpause f

(in voice) → Beben nt, → Zittern nt; with a quaver in her voice → mit bebender or zitternder Stimme

vi (voice) → beben, zittern; (Mus) → tremolieren

vt → mit bebender or zitternder Stimme sagen

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quaver

[ˈkweɪvəʳ]

1. n (when speaking) → tremolio (Brit) (Mus, YYY) (note) → croma

2. vi (voice) → tremare, tremolare

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quaver

(ˈkweivə) verb

(especially of a sound or a person's voice) to shake or tremble. The old man's voice quavered. beef, bewe يتَهَدَّج الصَّوْت треперя tremer chvět se zittern skælve τρεμουλιάζωtemblar; vibrar värisema لرزیدن värisyttää chevroterרטט कांपते हुए गाना podrhtavati reszket bergetar titra, skjálfa tremare, tremolare 震える 부들부들 떨다 drebėti, virpėti trīsēt; drebēt bergetar bevendirre, vibreredrżeć ښوريدل، ريږديدل، لړزيدل: په ريږديدا سندري ويل tremer a tremura дрожать chvieť sa tresti se drhtati darra, skälva เสียงสั่น titremek (聲音)顫抖 тремтіти آواز کا لرزنا sự rung tiếng （声音）颤抖

noun

1. a shaking or trembling. There was a quaver in her voice. trilling إرْتِعاش، تَهَدُّج треперене tremor chvění das Zittern skælven τρεμούλιασμαtemblor värin ارتعاش؛ لرزش värinä tremblementרעד कंपन, स्वर कंपन podrhtavanje, drhtanje remegés (hangé) getaran skjálfti, titringur tremolio 震え 떨림 drebėjimas, virpėjimas trīsēšana; drebēšana getaran bevingdirring, sitringdrżenie لړزيدل tremura tremur дрожание chvenie tresljaj drhtanje skälvning, darr[ande] เสียงสั่น titreme 顫抖 тремтіння تھرتھراہٹ giọng nói run rẩy 颤抖

2. a note equal to half a crotchet in length. agstenoot رُبْع نَغَمَه موسيقيَّه осминка нота colcheia osminová nota die Achtelnote ottendedelsnode όγδοο φθόγγου (μουσ.) corchea kaheksandiknoot کوتاه تر از نصف یک چهارم نت kahdeksasosanuotti croche שְׁמִינִית תָו अर्धपादस्वर četvrtinka nyolcad (hangjegy) nada setengah áttundapartsnóta croma ８分音符 8분 음표 aštuntinė gaida astotdaļnots kuaver achtste nootåttendedelsnoteósemka تر څورمى برخى كم colcheia op­ti­me восьмая нота osminová nota osminka osmina note åttondelsnot เสียงกริ่งของ Crotchet sekizlik nota 八分音符 одна восьма ноти طویل سر کا آٹھواں یا کروچٹ سے نصف طول کا سر nốt móc đơn 八分音符

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quaver

n. vibración, temblor;

v. vibrar, temblar.

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