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A fork-shaped object which emits a tone of a specific frequency when struck, producing a reference note for tuning instruments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a metal implement with two prongs that gives a fixed tone when struck; used to tune musical instruments
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: implement
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
diapazon
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Armenian:
կամերտոն
(kamerton)
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Azerbaijani:
kamerton
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Belarusian:
камертон
(kamjertón)
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Bulgarian:
камерто́н
(kamertón)
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Catalan:
diapasó
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Chinese Mandarin:
音叉
(yīnchā)
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Czech:
ladička
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Danish:
stemmegaffel
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Dutch:
stemvork
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Esperanto:
agordilo
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Finnish:
äänirauta
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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French:
diapason
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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German:
Stimmgabel
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Greek:
διαπασών
(diapasón)
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Hebrew:
קולן
(kolan)
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Hungarian:
hangvilla
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Icelandic:
tónkvísl
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Indonesian:
garpu tala
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Irish:
gabhlóg thiúnála
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Irish:
gabhlóg thiúnta
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Irish:
gabhlóg cheoil
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Italian:
corista
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Italian:
diapason
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Japanese:
音叉
(onsa)
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Lithuanian:
kamertonas
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Norwegian Bokmål:
stemmegaffel
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
stemmegaffel
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Plautdietsch:
Stemgaufel
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Polish:
kamerton
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Polish:
diapazon
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Portuguese:
diapasão
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Portuguese:
lamiré
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Romanian:
diapazon
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Russian:
камерто́н
(kamertón)
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Spanish:
diapasón
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Swedish:
stämgaffel
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Thai:
ส้อมเสียง
(sɔ̂m-sǐiang)
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Turkish:
diyapazon
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Ukrainian:
камерто́н
(kamertón)
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Vietnamese:
thanh mẫu
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Vietnamese:
âm thoa
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Welsh:
trawfforch
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone
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Zazaki:
diapason
— fork-shaped object which emits a tone