From en.wiktionary.org:
[Appendix:Variations of "tune"]
** English
[wikipedia]
*** Alternative forms
- toon ( _eye-dialect_ )
*** Etymology
[en] From [en], an unexplained variant of [en],[1] from [en], from [en], from
[en]. [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[~]
1. A melody .
2. A song , or short musical composition .
3. [en] The act of tuning or maintenance.
4. The state or condition of being correctly tuned .
5. [en] Temper ; frame of mind .
6. [en] A sound; a note; a tone.
7. * [act=II]
8. [en] Order; harmony; concord.
9. * [section=72]
**** Derived terms
{{col3|en |call the tune| theme tune |can't carry a tune in a bucket |carry a
tune |change one's tune |coon tune |dance to a different tune |dance to a new
tune |dance to someone's tune |in tune |loony tune |out of tune |showtune,show
tune |signature tune|sig tune |sing a different tune |sing the same tune
|subtune |to the tune of |tuneful |tuneless |tunelike |tunemeister |tunesmith
|tunewise |tuny |who pays the piper calls the tune |auto-tune|change of
tune|change someone's tune|cross-tune|he who pays the piper calls the tune|pop
tune|there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle|tune the old cow died
of|tune-up}}
**** Related terms
- [en]
**** Descendants
- [ga]
- [cy]
**** Translations
[melody]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Basque: [eu]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be] , [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg] , [bg]
- Burmese: [my]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja] , [ja]
- Kalmyk: [xal]
- Khmer: [km]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko] , [ko] , [ko]
- Lao: [lo]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Mongolian:
- Norwegian:
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd] , [gd] , [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk] , [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Thai: [th]
- Tocharian B: [txb]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] , [uk]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi]
- Zazaki: [zza]
[trans-bottom]
[song, short musical composition]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Basque: [eu]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Latin: [la]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] , [ota]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
[trans-bottom]
[informal: act of tuning]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[state of being correctly tuned]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Russian: [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- French: [fr] [slang]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Kurdish:
- Mandarin:
[trans-bottom]
*** Interjection
[en-interj]
1. [en] [Used to show appreciation or approval of a song .]
**** Translations
[trans-top]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. To adjust (a musical instrument) so that it produces the correct pitches.
2. * [en]
3. * [page=21]
4. * [satire=10]
5. To adjust or modify (especially a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally.
6. To adjust the frequency on a radio or TV set, so as to receive the desired channel.
7. Of faculties , senses , etc.: to adapt to or direct towards a particular target.
8. To make more precise , intense , or effective ; to put into a proper state or disposition.
9. * [act=IV]
10. To attune ; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.
11. * [poem=Passion]
12. [en] To give a certain tone or character to.
13. [en] To set (lyrics) to music.
14. * [en]
15. [en] To sing with melody or harmony.
16. * [act=IV]
17. * [book=V]
18. [en] To be impudent towards; to cheek .
19. [en] [en] [en] to adjust the parameter s of singing voice synthesis software such as VOCALOID (in order to achieve certain singing techniques, increase the human quality of the voice, etc.)
20. * {{ quote-book | en | date=2017-08-10 | author=Keisuke Yamada | title=Supercell's Supercell featuring Hatsune Miku | publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA | isbn=9781501325946
|text=[...] Those who are highly skilled in manipulating the Vocaloid
technology—e.g., TUNING [Hatsune Miku]'s singing voices—arrange
existing[nb...]}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | date=2018-12-06 | author=Nina Sun Eidsheim | title=The Race of Sound: Listening, Timbre, and Vocality in African American Music | publisher=Duke University Press | isbn=9780822372646
|text=[List_of_Vocaloid_products#Vocaloid]'s voice is used simply to render
basic notes and words with no pitch or expression TUNING applied.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2020 | author=Janice L. Waldron; Stephanie Horsley; Kari K. Veblen | title=The Oxford Handbook of Social Media and Music Learning | publisher=Oxford University Press, USA | isbn=9780190660772 | page=522
|text=This compiling of a track holds many parallels with “ TUNING” a [Hatsune
Miku] track, [...]}}
**** Derived terms
{{col4|en| |fine-tune |stay tuned |tune down |tune in |tune in, turn on, drop
out |tune out |tune up |tuner }}
**** Related terms
- [en]
**** Translations
[to adjust a musical instrument]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Korean: [ko]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Thai: [th] , [th]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[to adjust (e.g. a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions
optimally]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Danish: [da]
- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Thai: [th]
[trans-bottom]
[to adjust the frequency on a radio or TV set, so as to receive the desired
channel]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Irish: [ga]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[to adapt to or direct towards a particular target]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
[to make more precise, intense, or effective]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Italian: [it]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
[to adjust the parameters of singing voice synthesis software]
- Chinese:
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
[trans-bottom]
*** References
References:
[1]. http://www.dictionary.com/browse/tune?s=t
*** Further reading
- [R:Webster 1913]
- [R:Century 1911]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
** French
*** Pronunciation
- [fr-IPA]
- [fr]
*** Noun
[f]
1. [fr] [fr]
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
*** Anagrams
- [fr]
** German
*** Pronunciation
- [de]
*** Verb
[de]
1. [de]
** Kapampangan
*** Etymology
From [pam] (cf. [tl], [id], [ms]).
*** Pronunciation
- [pam-IPA]
- [pam]
*** Adjective
[pam-adj]
1. real ; genuine ; original
** Middle English
*** Noun
[enm]
1. [enm]
** Ngarrindjeri
*** Noun
[nay]
1. sand
[nay]
** Old English
*** Pronunciation
- [tūne]
*** Noun
[ang]
1. [ang]
** Portuguese
*** Verb
[pt]
1. [tunar]
** Romanian
*** Pronunciation
- [ro]
*** Verb
[ro]
1. [ro]
** Spanish
*** Verb
[es]
1. [tunar]
** Tarantino
*** Pronoun
[roa-tar]
1. you
*** Pronoun
[roa-tar]
1. your