corchea

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French crochée (“crooked”)

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10