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Webster 1913 Edition
Tuner
Tun′er
(tūn′ẽr)
, Noun.
One who tunes; especially, one whose occupation is to tune musical instruments.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tuner
TU'NER
,Noun.
1.
One whose occupation is to tune musical instruments.Definition 2025
tuner
tuner
See also: Tüner
English

A piano tuner—a person who tunes a piano.

An electronic tuner.

A component of an audio system.
Noun
tuner (plural tuners)
- A person who tunes a piano or organ.
- 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.
- On a musical instrument, a peg or mechanical device that changes the tension, and hence pitch, of a string.
- The component of an audio system that receives radio broadcasts.
- (entertainment industry) A musical.
Translations
person who tunes a piano or organ
device that shows the deviation of the played pitch from the desired pitch
the component of an audio system that receives radio broadcasts.
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See also
French
Etymology
Noun
tuner m (plural tuners)
- tuner (TV, radio)
Synonyms
- syntoniseur (Europe)
- syntonisateur (Canada)
Verb
tuner
- To tune (a vehicle etc)
Conjugation
Conjugation of tuner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | tuner | avoir tuné | |||||
| gerund | en tunant | en ayant tuné | |||||
| present participle | tunant /ty.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | tuné /ty.ne/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | tunai /ty.ne/ |
tunas /ty.na/ |
tuna /ty.na/ |
tunâmes /ty.nam/ |
tunâtes /ty.nat/ |
tunèrent /ty.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | tunerai /tyn.ʁe/ |
tuneras /tyn.ʁa/ |
tunera /tyn.ʁa/ |
tunerons /tyn.ʁɔ̃/ |
tunerez /tyn.ʁe/ |
tuneront /tyn.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | tunerais /tyn.ʁɛ/ |
tunerais /tyn.ʁɛ/ |
tunerait /tyn.ʁɛ/ |
tunerions /ty.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tuneriez /ty.nə.ʁje/ |
tuneraient /tyn.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | tune /tyn/ |
tunes /tyn/ |
tune /tyn/ |
tunions /ty.njɔ̃/ |
tuniez /ty.nje/ |
tunent /tyn/ |
| imperfect1 |
tunasse /ty.nas/ |
tunasses /ty.nas/ |
tunât /ty.na/ |
tunassions /ty.na.sjɔ̃/ |
tunassiez /ty.na.sje/ |
tunassent /ty.nas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | tune /tyn/ |
— | tunons /ty.nɔ̃/ |
tunez /ty.ne/ |
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