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: tuner (fr) m, syntoniseur (fr) m, syntonisateur (fr) m (Canada)
• Italian: tuner (it) m, 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): /tju.nœʁ/

Noun

tuner m (plural tuners)

1. tuner TV, radio

   Synonyms: (Europe) syntoniseur; (Canada) syntonisateur

Etymology 2

From English tune.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tju.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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English tuner.

Noun

tuner m (invariable)

1. tuner (radio, TV)

   Synonym: sintonizzatore

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