crotchet

crotch·et  (krcht)

n.

1. An odd, whimsical, or stubborn notion.

2. Music See quarter note.

3. Obsolete A small hook or hooklike structure.

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[Middle English crochet, from Old French; see crochet.]

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crotchet - a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook hook curve, curved shape - the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes uncus - (biology) any hook-shaped process or part
	2.	crotchet - a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note quarter note musical note, note, tone - a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long"
	3.	crotchet - a strange attitude or habit queerness, quirk, quirkiness, oddity strangeness, unfamiliarity - unusualness as a consequence of not being well known
	4.	crotchet - a small tool or hooklike implement hook - a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something

Translations

crotchet [ˈkrɒtʃɪt] N (Brit) (Mus) → negra f

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crotchet [ˈkrɒtʃɪt] n (MUSIC) → noire f

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crotchet

n

(Brit Mus) → Viertelnote f; crotchet rest → Viertelpause f

(inf: = cross person) → Miesepeter m (inf)

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crotchet [ˈkrɒtʃɪt] n (Brit) (Mus) → semiminima

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crotchet [ˈkrɒtʃɪt] n (Brit) (Mus) → semiminima

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crotchet

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