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hemidemisemiquaver en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Proto-Hellenic [Term?] Ancient Greek ἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-)lbor. English hemi- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Italic *meðios Latin medius Latin dīmidius Vulgar Latin *dimediusder. Anglo-Norman demibor. Middle English demi English demi- ▲ Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English quaver English semiquaver English demisemiquaver English hemidemisemiquaver From hemi- + demisemiquaver.

Meanings

1. A sixty-fourth note, drawn as a crotchet with four tails.
   • But the young gentleman […] walked down the dark side of the street in peals of laughter, making, ever and anon, little breathless remarks to himself, which his colleague could not hear, but which seemed to have the effect of setting him off again into new hemi-demi-semiquavers and roars of laughter […] 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:

Forms

Deriveds

hemidemisemiquaver rest · quasihemidemisemiquaver

Relateds

minim · semibreve · quaver · demisemiquaver · crotchet · semiquaver

Translations (10)

hu hatvannegyed (music) · it semibiscroma (music) · fr quadruple-croche (music) · ja 六十四分音符 (music) · sl štiriinšestdesetinka (music) · sv sextiofjärdedelsnot (music) · fi kuudeskymmenesneljäsosanuotti (music) · gl semifusa (music) · pt semifusa (music) · ko 육십사분음표 (music)