Meanings
plural hemidemisemiquavers
- entertainmentA sixty-fourth note, drawn as a crotchet with four tails.
1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
- Proto-Hellenic[Term?]
- Ancient Greekἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-)
- Englishhemi-
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Proto-Indo-European*me
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
- Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
- Proto-Italic*meðios
- Latinmedius
- Latindīmidius
- Vulgar Latin*dimedius
- Anglo-Normandemi
- Middle Englishdemi
- Englishdemi-
- Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
- Latinsēmi-
- Englishsemi-
- Englishquaver
- Englishsemiquaver
- Englishdemisemiquaver
- Englishhemidemisemiquaver
From hemi- + demisemiquaver.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish kuudeskymmenesneljäsosanuotti
- kuudeskymmenesneljäsosanuottimusic
French quadruple-croche
- quadruple-crochemusic
Hungarian hatvannegyed
- hatvannegyedmusic
Italian semibiscroma
- semibiscromamusic
Japanese 六十四分音符
- 六十四分音符 (rokujūshibun onpu)music
Korean 육십사분음표
- 육십사분음표 (yuksipsabuneumpyo)music
Portuguese semifusa
- semifusamusic
Swedish sextiofjärdedelsnot
- sextiofjärdedelsnotmusic
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
hemidemisemiquaver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemidemisemiquaver
“hemidemisemiquaver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemidemisemiquaver. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hemidemisemiquaver,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemidemisemiquaver.
Source: hemidemisemiquaver on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.