tuner
English
/ˈtuː.nɚ/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Suffix from English tune.
Origin
English
tune
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- attune English
- auto-tune English
- auto-tuner English
- chiptune English
- cross-tune English
- detune English
- distune English
- microtuner English
- mistune English
- retune English
- subtune English
- tunability English
- tunable English
- tune English
- tuneable English
- tuneage English
- tunebook English
- tuneful English
- tuneless English
- tunelet English
- tunelike English
- tunemeister English
- tunesmith English
- tunesmithery English
- tunesmithing English
- tunesome English
- tunest English
- tuneth English
- tunewise English
- tuny English
- untune English
- toune French
- tune Middle English
- tiúin Irish
- tiwn Welsh
- toņ Marshallese