tune

English

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Etymology

From Middle English tune, from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τονός (tonos, “a tone”); see tone, of which tune is a doublet.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tjʉːn/

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• Rhymes: -uːn

Noun

tune (plural tunes)

1. A melody.
2. A song, or short musical composition.
3. (informal) The act of tuning or maintenance.

   Your engine needs a good tune.

4. The state or condition of being correctly tuned.

   Your engine is now in tune.

Derived terms

terms derived from tune (noun)

change one's tune in tune out of tune

to the tune of carry a tune

Related terms

• tone

Translations

melody

Catalan: melodia (ca) f. Finnish: sävel (fi) Russian: мелодия (ru) (melódija) f.

Scottish Gaelic: port (gd) m., fonn (gd) m., mànran (gd) m. Swedish: melodi (sv) c.

song, short musical composition

Catalan: tonada (ca) f. Finnish: sävelmä (fi), ralli (fi), laulelma (fi)

Russian: мелодия (ru) (melódija) f. Swedish: låt (sv) c., melodi (sv) c.

informal: act of tuning

Finnish: säätö (fi), tuunaus (fi)

Russian: настройка (ru) (nastrójka) f.

state of being correctly tuned

Finnish: vire (fi)

Russian: настроенный (ru) (nastrójennyj)

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Arabic: لحن Mandarin: Mandarin: 曲調 (cmn), 曲调 (cmn) (qǔdiào), 曲子 (cmn) (qǔzi), 歌曲 (cmn) (gēqǔ) Dutch: deun (nl) m., wijs (nl) f. and m.

French: tube (fr) m. (slang) Icelandic: lag (is) n. Kurdish: ئاواز

Verb

tune (third-person singular simple present tunes, present participle tuning, simple past and past participle tuned)

1. To modify a musical instrument so that it produces the correct pitches.
2. To adjust a mechanical, electric or electronic device (such as a radio or a car engine) so that it functions optimally.
3. To make more precise, intense, or effective.

Derived terms

terms derived from tune (verb)

fine-tune stay tuned tune in tune in, turn on, drop out

tuner tune out tune up

Related terms

• attune

Translations

to modify a musical instrument

Catalan: afinar (ca) Czech: ladit (cs) Dutch: stemmen (nl) Finnish: virittää (fi)

Hungarian: hangol (hu) Polish: stroić (pl) Scottish Gaelic: gleus (gd) Swedish: stämma (sv)

External links

• tune in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• tune in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

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Pronunciation

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• IPA: /tyn/, SAMPA: /tyn/

Noun

tune f. (plural tunes)

1. (slang) Alternative spelling of thune.

Anagrams

• tenu

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Ngarrindjeri

tune or sand

Noun

tune

1. sand

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Tarantino

Pronoun

tune (personal, second person singular)

1. you

tune (possesive) m. (Feminine: toje

1. your