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Definition 2024

tuning_fork

tuning fork

English

Noun

tuning fork ‎(plural tuning forks)

(music) A fork-shaped object which emits a tone of a specific frequency when struck.

Translations

fork-shaped object which emits a tone

Armenian: կամերտոն (hy) ‎(kamerton)
Azeri: kamerton (az)
Bulgarian: камерто́н m ‎(kamertón)
Catalan: diapasó (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 音叉 (zh) ‎(yīnchā)
Dutch: stemvork (nl)
Finnish: äänirauta (fi)
French: diapason (fr) m
German: Stimmgabel f
Greek: (invariable) διαπασών (el) n ‎(diapasón)
Hebrew: קולן m ‎(kolan)

Hungarian: hangvilla (hu)
Icelandic: tónkvísl f
Italian: corista m
Japanese: 音叉 ‎(おんさ, onsa)
Norwegian: stemmegaffel m
Portuguese: diapasão (pt)
Russian: камерто́н (ru) m ‎(kamertón)
Spanish: diapasón m
Swedish: stämgaffel c
Turkish: diyapazon (tr)
Ukrainian: камерто́н (uk) m ‎(kamertón)
Vietnamese: thanh mẫu, âm thoa (vi)