sintonia

See also: sintonía

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek συντονία (suntonía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [sin.tuˈni.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [sin.toˈni.a]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

sintonia f (plural sintonies)

1. (radio, television) theme music, jingle
2. (electronics) syntony, tuning
3. (figurative) harmony

Derived terms

• sintònic
• sintonitzar

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “sintonia”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “sintonia”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “sintonia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek συντονία (suntonía). Compare French syntonie and Portuguese sintonia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sin.toˈni.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: sin‧to‧nì‧a

Noun

sintonia f (plural sintonie)

1. (engineering, electronics) tuning (of a radio etc.)

   mettere in sintonia ― to put in tune

2. (figuratively) harmony

   Synonyms: armonia, intesa

   entrare in sintonia con qualcuno ― to connect with someone

Derived terms

• sintonico
• sintonizzare

Further reading

• “sintonia”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• inastino, intasino, onanisti, satinino

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek συντονία (suntonía). Compare French syntonie, Spanish sintonía, Italian sintonia.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sĩ.toˈni.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sĩ.tuˈni.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: sin‧to‧ni‧a

Noun

sintonia f (plural sintonias)

1. (engineering, electronics) tuning
2. simultaneity
3. (figuratively) mutual agreement, harmony (between people or objects)

Derived terms

• sintônico
• sintonização

Further reading

• “sintonia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sintonia”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “sintonia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026