tuning

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tjuːnɪŋ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tuːnɪŋ/

Noun

tuning (plural tunings)

1. Action of the verb to tune.
   1. The calibration of a musical instrument to a standard pitch.
   2. (engineering) The adjustment of a system or circuit to secure optimum performance.

Hyponyms

• engine tuning
• neuronal tuning
• piano tuning

Derived terms

• fine-tuning

Related terms

• cross-tuning
• open tuning
• tuning fork
• tuning hammer
• tuning head
• tuning key
• tuning lever
• tuning peg
• tuning wrench

 

Translations

action of the verb to tune

• Bulgarian: настро́йка (bg) f (nastrójka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 調整／调整 (zh) (tiáozhěng)

• Finnish: virittäminen (fi)
• French: réglage (fr) m
• German: Anpassung (de) f
• Russian: настро́йка (ru) f (nastrójka), регулиро́вка (ru) f (reguliróvka)

the calibration of a musical instrument to a standard pitch

• Bulgarian: настро́йка (bg) f (nastrójka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 調音／调音 (zh) (tiáoyīn)

• Czech: ladění (cs) n
• Finnish: viritys (fi)
• French: accordage (fr) m
• German: Stimmung (de) f
• Japanese: 調律 (ja) (ちょうりつ, chōritsu)
• Korean: 조율 (ko) (joyul)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stemming m or f

  Nynorsk: stemming f

• Portuguese: afinação (pt) f
• Russian: настро́йка (ru) f (nastrójka)

the adjustment of a system or circuit to secure optimum performance

• Finnish: viritys (fi), hienosäätö
• French: paramétrage (fr) m, tuning (fr) m
• Japanese: チューニング (chūningu)
• Russian: тю́нинг (ru) m (tjúning), нала́дка (ru) f (naládka)

Verb

tuning

1. present participle and gerund of tune

French

Noun

tuning m (plural tunings)

1. tuning, personalizing, pimping

Polish

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from tuning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtju.ɲiŋk/

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• Rhymes: -uɲiŋk
• Syllabification: tu‧ning

Noun

tuning m inan (related adjective tuningowy)

1. car tuning, modding, pimping

Declension

Declension of tuning

	singular
nominative	tuning
genitive	tuningu
dative	tuningowi
accusative	tuning
instrumental	tuningiem
locative	tuningu
vocative	tuningu

Derived terms

noun

• tuningowiec

 

verbs

• stuningować pf
• tuningować impf

 

Related terms

adverb

• tuningowo

 

Further reading

• tuning in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tuning in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English tuning.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtũ.nĩ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtũ.nĩ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.nĩ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.nĩɡ/

Noun

tuning m (plural tunings)

1. car tuning, pimping (process of modifying a vehicle)

Derived terms

• xuning

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English tuning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtunin/ [ˈt̪u.nĩn]
• Rhymes: -unin
• Syllabification: tu‧ning

Noun

tuning m (uncountable)

1. (Spain) car tuning, modding, pimping

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Alternative forms

• tunning (misspelling)