semicorchea

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Spanish

Etymology

From semi- +‎ corchea.

Noun

semicorchea f (plural semicorcheas)

  1. sixteenth
  2. (music) semiquaver, sixteenth note
    • 2015 October 30, “Enrique Olvera, el nuevo rey latino”, in El País:
      Hay quien siente el fluir del universo en el aleteo de una semicorchea, él lo descubrió en un suflé de mejillones al vino blanco; que luego pasó a un halibut en escalopa de foie gras y trufa negra envuelta en una col de napa, y terminó con unas peras con caramelo.
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