tuning

tuning

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tjuːnɪŋ/

Noun

tuning (plural tunings)

1. Action of the verb to tune.
   1. The calibration of a musical instrument to a standard pitch.
   2. (engineering) The adjustment of a system or circuit to secure optimum performance.

Hyponyms

• engine tuning
• neuronal tuning
• piano tuning

Derived terms

• fine-tuning

Related terms

• tuning fork

Translations

action of the verb to tune

Bulgarian: настро́йка (bg) f (nastrójka) Chinese: Mandarin: 調整／调整 (zh) (tiáozhěng) Finnish: virittäminen (fi) French: réglage (fr) m German: Anpassung (de) f Russian: настро́йка (ru) f (nastrójka), регулиро́вка (ru) f (reguliróvka)

the calibration of a musical instrument to a standard pitch

Chinese: Mandarin: 調音／调音 (zh) (tiáoyīn) Czech: ladění (cs) n Finnish: viritys (fi) French: accordage (fr) m German: Stimmung (de) f Japanese: 調律 (ja) (ちょうりつ, chōritsu) Korean: 조율 (ko) (joyul) Norwegian: Bokmål: stemming m or f Nynorsk: stemming f Portuguese: afinação (pt) f Russian: настро́йка (ru) f (nastrójka)

the adjustment of a system or circuit to secure optimum performance

Finnish: viritys (fi), hienosäätö French: paramétrage (fr) m, tuning (fr) m Japanese: チューニング (chūningu) Russian: тю́нинг (ru) m (tjúning), нала́дка (ru) f (naládka)

Verb

tuning

1. present participle of tune

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French

Noun

tuning m (plural tunings)

1. tuning, personalizing, pimping

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English tuning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtju.ɲiŋk/

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• Rhymes: -uɲiŋk
• Syllabification: tu‧ning

Noun

tuning m inan

1. car tuning, modding, pimping

Declension

Declension of tuning

	singular
nominative	tuning
genitive	tuningu
dative	tuningowi
accusative	tuning
instrumental	tuningiem
locative	tuningu
vocative	tuningu

Derived terms

adjective

• tuningowy

 

verb

• tuningować

 

Further reading

• tuning in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tuning in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English tuning.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtũ.nĩ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtũ.nĩ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.nĩ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.nĩɡ/

Noun

tuning m (plural tunings)

1. car tuning, pimping (process of modifying a vehicle)

Derived terms

• xuning

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Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English tuning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtunin/ [ˈt̪u.nĩn]
• Rhymes: -unin
• Syllabification: tu‧ning

Noun

tuning m (uncountable)

1. (Spain) car tuning, modding, pimping

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Alternative forms

• tunning (misspelling)