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 (in non-rhotic accents)
Etymology 1
From tune (verb) + -er.
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
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device that shows the deviation of the played pitch from the desired pitch
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the component of an audio system that receives radio broadcasts.
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See also
- amplifier
- high fidelity
- TV tuner
Etymology 2
tune (noun) + -er (“Variety -er”)
Noun
tuner (plural tuners)
- (entertainment industry, informal) A musical.
Anagrams
- Runet, Runte
French
Etymology 1
From English tuner.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ty.nœʁ/
Noun
tuner m (plural tuners)
- tuner TV, radio
- Synonyms: (Europe) syntoniseur; (Canada) syntonisateur
Etymology 2
From English tune.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ty.ne/
Verb
tuner
- to tune a vehicle etc
Conjugation
Conjugation of tuner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | tuner | |||||
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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
- ruent
Romanian
Etymology
From English tuner.
Noun
tuner n (plural tunere)
- tuner
Declension
Declension of tuner
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) tuner | tunerul | (niște) tunere | tunerele |
genitive/dative | (unui) tuner | tunerului | (unor) tunere | tunerelor |
vocative | tunerule | tunerelor |