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crotchet [ˈkrɒtʃɪt] n
1. (Music, other) Music a note having the time value of a quarter of a semibreve Usual US and Canadian name quarter note 2. a small hook or hooklike device 3. a perverse notion 4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Zoology a small notched or hooked process, as in an insect [from Old French crochet, literally: little hook, from croche hook; see crocket] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations crotchet n (inf: = cross person) → Miesepeter m (inf) n crotchet [ˈkrotʃit] in music, a note equal to half a minim. kwartnoot عَلامَة موسيقيّـة نِصْف سَوداء муз. четвъртина нота čtvrťová nota fjerdedelsnode die Viertelnote τέταρτο (μουσ.) negra veerandnoot یک چهارم نت neljäsosanuotti noire רֶבַע תָּו संगीत में पाद स्वर četvrtinka negyed hangjegy setengah nada fjórðungsnóta semiminima 四分音符 4분 음표 ketvirtinė gaida ceturtdaļnots krocet kwartnoot firedelsnote, kvartnote ćwierćnuta semínima четвертная нота štvrťová nota četrtinka četvrt note fjärdedelsnot โน้ตเพลงมีค่า ¼ ของโน้ต dörtlük (nota) (音樂) 四分音符 чверть, четвертна нота ربع سُر كى علامت nốt đen (音乐中)四分音符 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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They have always a crotchet going, till the old man with the scythe reaps and garners them away for troublesome old boys as they are. Some fatalities come in certain shapes, and some in others -- but this of which I speak has come in the shape of a crotchet. She will not remain orbed in a thought, but rushes into persons; and when each person, inflamed to a fury of personality, would conquer all things to his poor crotchet, she raises up against him another person, and by many persons incarnates again a sort of whole. |
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