tuner
See also: Tüner
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtuː.nɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtjuː.nə/, /ˈtʃuː.nə/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -uːnə(ɹ)
- Homophone: tuna (non-rhotic)
Etymology 1
Etymology tree
Noun
tuner (plural tuners)
- A person who tunes a piano or organ.
- 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.
- On a musical instrument, a peg or mechanical device that changes the tension, and hence pitch, of a string.
- The component of an audio system that receives radio broadcasts.
- (archaic) One who sings or makes music.
Translations
person who tunes a piano or organ
device that shows the deviation of the played pitch from the desired pitch
the component of an audio system that receives radio broadcasts.
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See also
Etymology 2
Etymology tree
From tune (noun) + -er (“Variety -er”).
Noun
tuner (plural tuners)
- (entertainment industry, informal) A musical.
Anagrams
French
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tju.nœʁ/
Noun
tuner m (plural tuners)
- tuner TV, radio
- Synonyms: (Europe) syntoniseur; (Canada) syntonisateur
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tju.ne/
Verb
tuner
- to tune a vehicle etc
Conjugation
Conjugation of tuner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | tuner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | tunant /ty.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | tuné /ty.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | tune /tyn/ |
tunes /tyn/ |
tune /tyn/ |
tunons /ty.nɔ̃/ |
tunez /ty.ne/ |
tunent /tyn/ |
| imperfect | tunais /ty.nɛ/ |
tunais /ty.nɛ/ |
tunait /ty.nɛ/ |
tunions /ty.njɔ̃/ |
tuniez /ty.nje/ |
tunaient /ty.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | tunai /ty.ne/ |
tunas /ty.na/ |
tuna /ty.na/ |
tunâmes /ty.nam/ |
tunâtes /ty.nat/ |
tunèrent /ty.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | tunerai /tyn.ʁe/ |
tuneras /tyn.ʁa/ |
tunera /tyn.ʁa/ |
tunerons /tyn.ʁɔ̃/ |
tunerez /tyn.ʁe/ |
tuneront /tyn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | tunerais /tyn.ʁɛ/ |
tunerais /tyn.ʁɛ/ |
tunerait /tyn.ʁɛ/ |
tunerions /ty.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tuneriez /ty.nə.ʁje/ |
tuneraient /tyn.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | tune /tyn/ |
tunes /tyn/ |
tune /tyn/ |
tunions /ty.njɔ̃/ |
tuniez /ty.nje/ |
tunent /tyn/ |
| imperfect2 | tunasse /ty.nas/ |
tunasses /ty.nas/ |
tunât /ty.na/ |
tunassions /ty.na.sjɔ̃/ |
tunassiez /ty.na.sje/ |
tunassent /ty.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | tune /tyn/ |
— | tunons /ty.nɔ̃/ |
tunez /ty.ne/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “tuner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
tuner m (invariable)
- tuner (radio, TV)
- Synonym: sintonizzatore
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
tuner n (plural tunere)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | tuner | tunerul | tunere | tunerele |
| genitive-dative | tuner | tunerului | tunere | tunerelor |
| vocative | tunerule | tunerelor | ||