quaver

qua·ver  (kwvr)

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. A trill.

3. Chiefly British An eighth note.

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

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quaver·ing·ly adv.

quaver·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

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

2. 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]

quaverer  n

quavering  adj

quaveringly  adv

quavery  adj

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Quaver of coloraturas—Lipton, 1970.

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.

Translations

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

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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 [ˈkweɪvəʳ]

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

2. vi (voice) → tremare, tremolare

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quaver

v quaver [ˈkweivə]

(especially of a sound or a person's voice) to shake or tremble The old man's voice quavered. beef, bewe يتَهَدَّج الصَّوْت треперя chvět se skælve zittern τρεμουλιάζω temblar; vibrar värisema لرزیدن värisyttää chevroter רֶטֶט कांपते हुए गाना podrhtavati reszket bergetar titra, skjálfa tremare, tremolare 震える 부들부들 떨다 drebėti, virpėti trīsēt; drebēt bergetar beven dirre, vibrere drżeć tremer a tremura дрожать chvieť sa tresti se drhtati darra, skälva เสียงสั่น titremek (聲音)顫抖 тремтіти آواز کا لرزنا sự rung tiếng 颤抖

n

1 a shaking or trembling There was a quaver in her voice. trilling إرْتِعاش، تَهَدُّج треперене chvění skælven das Zittern τρεμούλιασμα temblor värin ارتعاش؛ لرزش värinä tremblement רַעַד कंपन, स्वर कंपन podrhtavanje, drhtanje remegés (hangé) getaran skjálfti, titringur tremolio 震え 떨림 drebėjimas, virpėjimas trīsēšana; drebēšana getaran beving dirring, sitring drżenie tremura tremur дрожание chvenie tresljaj drhtanje skälvning, darr[] 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 osminová nota ottendedelsnode die Achtelnote 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 noot åttendedelsnote ósemka colcheia op­ti­me восьмая нота osminová nota osminka osmina note åttondelsnot สั่น 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