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semicorchea

Spanish, noun[semikoɾˈt͡ʃea]

semicorchea is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “sixteenth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Nota musical con una duración de la mitad del tiempo que dura la corchea o la dieciseisava parte de un…”.

What does semicorchea mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininesixteenth

  2. 2

    femininesemiquaver, sixteenth note

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Nota musical con una duración de la mitad del tiempo que dura la corchea o la dieciseisava parte de un compasillo.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of semicorchea

  • semicorcheas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce semicorchea?

  • [semikoɾˈt͡ʃea]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to semicorchea

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is semicorchea in Spanish?

semicorchea appears about once in every 59 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).