noun
Meaning 1
A person who tunes a piano or organ.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
tuner
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈtuː.nɚ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtjuː.nə/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtʃuː.nə/
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rhymes with -uːnə(ɹ)
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homophone: tuna (non-rhotic)
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CMU ARPABET: T UW1 N ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A device, electronic or mechanical, that helps a person tune a musical instrument by showing the deviation of the played pitch from the desired pitch.
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noun
Meaning 3
On a musical instrument, a peg or mechanical device that changes the tension, and hence pitch, of a string.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
The component of an audio system that receives radio broadcasts.
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noun
Meaning 5
One who sings or makes music.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 6
A musical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: economics, entertainment, entertainment-industry, lifestyle, sciences
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noun
Meaning 7
an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: radio receiver, receiving set, radio set, radio, wireless
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: receiver, receiving system
Narrower terms: clock radio, crystal set, heterodyne receiver, superheterodyne receiver, superhet, push-button radio
noun
Meaning 8
someone who tunes pianos
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: piano tuner
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English tune Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English tuner From tune (verb) + -er.
Etymology tree English tune Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English tuner From tune (noun) + -er (“Variety -er”).
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: акордьор (akordjor) — person who tunes a piano or organ
- Chinese Mandarin: 調音師 /调音师 (tiáoyīnshī) — person who tunes a piano or organ
- Czech: ladič — person who tunes a piano or organ
- Esperanto: agordisto — person who tunes a piano or organ
- Finnish: pianonvirittäjä — person who tunes a piano or organ
- French: accordeur — person who tunes a piano or organ
- Italian: accordatore — person who tunes a piano or organ
- Polish: stroiciel — person who tunes a piano or organ
- Romanian: acordor — person who tunes a piano or organ
- Spanish: afinador — person who tunes a piano or organ
- Tagalog: manununig — person who tunes a piano or organ
- Czech: ladička — device that shows the deviation of the played pitch from the desired pitch
- Esperanto: agordilo — device that shows the deviation of the played pitch from the desired pitch
- Finnish: viritin — device that shows the deviation of the played pitch from the desired pitch
- Finnish: viritysmittari — device that shows the deviation of the played pitch from the desired pitch
- French: accordeur — device that shows the deviation of the played pitch from the desired pitch
- Italian: accordatore — device that shows the deviation of the played pitch from the desired pitch
- Portuguese: afinador — device that shows the deviation of the played pitch from the desired pitch
- Romanian: acordor — device that shows the deviation of the played pitch from the desired pitch
- Spanish: afinador — device that shows the deviation of the played pitch from the desired pitch
- Tagalog: panunig — device that shows the deviation of the played pitch from the desired pitch
- Bulgarian: тунер (tuner) — the component of an audio system that receives radio broadcasts.
- Finnish: viritin — the component of an audio system that receives radio broadcasts.
- French: tuner — the component of an audio system that receives radio broadcasts.
- French: syntoniseur — the component of an audio system that receives radio broadcasts.
- French: syntonisateur — the component of an audio system that receives radio broadcasts.
- Italian: tuner — the component of an audio system that receives radio broadcasts.
- Italian: sintonizzatore — the component of an audio system that receives radio broadcasts.
- Spanish: sintonizador — the component of an audio system that receives radio broadcasts.