corchea

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾˈt͡ʃea/ [koɾˈt͡ʃe.a]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: cor‧che‧a

Noun

corchea f (plural corcheas)

1. (music) quaver

Derived terms

• semicorchea

 

Descendants

• → Basque: kortxea

Further reading

• “corchea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014