tuner

See also: Tüner

English

A piano tuner—a person who tunes a piano.

An electronic tuner.

A component of an audio system.

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

From tune (verb) ‎ -er.

Noun

tuner (plural tuners)

1. A person who tunes a piano or organ.
2. 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.
3. On a musical instrument, a peg or mechanical device that changes the tension, and hence pitch, of a string.
4. The component of an audio system that receives radio broadcasts.
5. (archaic) One who sings or makes music.

Translations

person who tunes a piano or organ

• Bulgarian: акордьор m (akordjor)
• Czech: ladič (cs) m
• Esperanto: agordisto
• Finnish: pianonvirittäjä (fi)
• French: accordeur (fr) m
• Italian: accordatore m
• Polish: stroiciel (pl) m
• Romanian: acordor (ro) m
• Spanish: afinador (es) m
• Tagalog: manununig

device that shows the deviation of the played pitch from the desired pitch

• Czech: ladička (cs) f
• Esperanto: agordilo
• Finnish: viritin (fi), viritysmittari
• French: accordeur (fr) m
• Italian: accordatore m
• Portuguese: afinador (pt) m
• Romanian: acordor (ro) n
• Spanish: afinador (es) m
• Tagalog: panunig

the component of an audio system that receives radio broadcasts.

• Bulgarian: тунер m (tuner)
• Finnish: viritin (fi)
• French: syntoniseur (fr) m, syntonisateur (fr) m (Canada)
• Italian: sintonizzatore (it) m
• Spanish: sintonizador (es) m

See also

• amplifier
• high fidelity
• TV tuner

Etymology 2

From tune (noun) ‎ -er (“Variety -er”).

Noun

tuner (plural tuners)

1. (entertainment industry, informal) A musical.

Anagrams

• Runet, Runte

French

Etymology 1

From English tuner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ty.nœʁ/

Noun

tuner m (plural tuners)

1. tuner TV, radio

   Synonyms: (Europe) syntoniseur; (Canada) syntonisateur

Etymology 2

From English tune.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ty.ne/

Verb

tuner

1. 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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (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

Borrowed from English tuner.

Noun

tuner n (plural tunere)

1. tuner

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	tuner	tunerul		tunere	tunerele
genitive-dative	tuner	tunerului		tunere	tunerelor
vocative	tunerule			tunerelor