He who pays the piper calls the tune.
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Tune
//tjuːn//
Synonyms for "tune" (187 found)
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Closest matches (38)
Strong matches (56)
Related words (93)
melodiamelodic linemelodiousnessmelodizemelodymethodizemodulatemonochordmonodymotifmusical qualitymusical soundmusicalitymusicalizeneighborhoodnew philharmonic pitchnormalizenotenumberorder
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organizepay attention tophilharmonic pitchphilosophical pitchpiecepitchplanproportionput in trimput in tunequalifyrangerationalizereconcilerectifyrefrainregisterregularizeregulaterightroutinizesetset rightsettleshadesimilarizesingsolosolo partsongsoprano partsound in tunesound togetherstandard pitchstandardizestrainstringsuitsweetnesssymphonizesymphonysyncsynchronismsynchronizationsynchronizesystematizetailorthemethree-part harmonytonalitytonetone downtone uptrebletrim totruetrue uptune outtune uptunefulnessunderstandunisonunisonancevicinityvocalizevoicewarble
Noun(4 words)
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8 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesat location
1 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
46 entriesShowing 16 of 46 words.
etymologically related_to
3 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
4 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
Translations
175 translations across 58 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- melodi noun (melody)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μέλος noun (melody)
Arabic
1 entries- لَحْن noun (melody)
Armenian
1 entries- մեղեդի noun (melody)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- mahnı noun (song, short musical composition)
- nəğmə noun (melody)
Basque
2 entries- doinu noun (song, short musical composition)
- melodia noun (melody)
Belarusian
3 entries- маты́ў noun (melody)
- мело́дыя noun (melody)
- напе́ў noun (melody)
Bulgarian
4 entries- мело́дия noun (melody)
- моти́в noun (melody)
- напе́в noun (melody)
- настро́йка noun (informal: act of tuning)
Burmese
1 entries- တေးသွား noun (melody)
Catalan
3 entries- melodia noun (melody)
- tonada noun (song, short musical composition)
- afinar verb (to adjust a musical instrument)
Chinese
2 entries- чүзы noun (melody)
- чүр noun (melody)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 曲子 noun (melody)
- 曲調 /曲调 noun (melody)
- 樂曲 /乐曲 noun (melody)
- 調教 /调教 verb (to adjust the parameters of singing voice synthesis software)
Czech
3 entries- melodie noun (melody)
- nápěv noun (melody)
- ladit verb (to adjust a musical instrument)
Danish
2 entries- melodi noun (melody)
- justere verb (to adjust (e.g. a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally)
Dutch
3 entries- melodie noun (melody)
- afstemmen verb (to adjust a musical instrument)
- stemmen verb (to adjust a musical instrument)
Esperanto
4 entries- melodio noun (melody)
- agordi verb (to adjust a musical instrument)
- agordi verb (to adjust (e.g. a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally)
- akomodi verb (to adjust (e.g. a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally)
Estonian
1 entries- meloodia noun (melody)
Finnish
4 entries- laulelma noun (song, short musical composition)
- ralli noun (song, short musical composition)
- sävel noun (melody)
- sävelmä noun (song, short musical composition)
French
4 entries- air noun (melody)
- mélodie noun (melody)
- accorder verb (to adjust a musical instrument)
- syntoniser verb (to adjust the frequency on a radio or TV set, so as to receive the desired channel)
Galician
4 entries- melodía noun (melody)
- afinar verb (to adjust a musical instrument)
- sintonizar verb (to adjust the frequency on a radio or TV set, so as to receive the desired channel)
- temperar verb (to adjust a musical instrument)
Georgian
1 entries- მელოდია noun (melody)
German
2 entries- Melodie noun (melody)
- stimmen verb (to adjust a musical instrument)
Greek
2 entries- μελωδία noun (melody)
- κουρδίζω verb (to adjust a musical instrument)
Hebrew
2 entries- מַנְגִּינָה noun (melody)
- שִׁיר noun (song, short musical composition)
Hindi
2 entries- धुन noun (melody)
- धुन noun (song, short musical composition)
Hungarian
3 entries- dallam noun (melody)
- melódia noun (melody)
- hangol verb (to adjust a musical instrument)
Irish
4 entries- tiúin noun (melody)
- tiúin noun (song, short musical composition)
- tiúin verb (to adjust a musical instrument)
- tiúnáil verb (to adjust a musical instrument)
Italian
4 entries- composizione noun (song, short musical composition)
- melodia noun (melody)
- messa a punto noun (informal: act of tuning)
- regolazione noun (informal: act of tuning)
Japanese
4 entries- チューン noun (melody)
- 旋律 noun (melody)
- 曲 noun (melody)
- 楽曲 noun (melody)
Kalmyk
1 entries- эгшг noun (melody)
Khmer
1 entries- បទភ្លេង noun (melody)
Korean
4 entries- 곡 noun (melody)
- 곡조 noun (melody)
- 선율 noun (melody)
- 악곡 noun (melody)
Lao
1 entries- ທຳນອງ noun (melody)
Latin
2 entries- canor noun (melody)
- canor noun (song, short musical composition)
Latvian
1 entries- melodija noun (melody)
Lithuanian
1 entries- melodija noun (melody)
Macedonian
2 entries- мелодија noun (melody)
- напев noun (melody)
Mongolian
1 entries- ая noun (melody)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- melodi noun (melody)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- ایر noun (song, short musical composition)
- شرقی noun (song, short musical composition)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Wies noun (melody)
Polish
2 entries- melodia noun (melody)
- stroić verb (to adjust a musical instrument)
Portuguese
4 entries- melodia noun (melody)
- tunar noun (informal: act of tuning)
- afinar verb (to adjust a musical instrument)
- afinar verb (to make more precise, intense, or effective)
Romanian
1 entries- melodie noun (melody)
Russian
4 entries- мело́дия noun (melody)
- мело́дия noun (song, short musical composition)
- моти́в noun (melody)
- напе́в noun (melody)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- fonn noun (melody)
- mànran noun (melody)
- port noun (melody)
- gleus verb (to adjust a musical instrument)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- mèlōdija noun (melody)
- мѐло̄дија noun (melody)
Slovak
2 entries- melódia noun (melody)
- nápev noun (melody)
Slovene
1 entries- melodija noun (melody)
Spanish
4 entries- temazo intj (Translations)
- melodía noun (melody)
- tonada noun (song, short musical composition)
- adaptar verb (to make more precise, intense, or effective)
Swedish
4 entries- låt noun (song, short musical composition)
- melodi noun (melody)
- melodi noun (song, short musical composition)
- justera verb (to adjust (e.g. a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally)
Tagalog
3 entries- tunig noun (melody)
- tunig noun (song, short musical composition)
- itunig verb (to adjust a musical instrument)
Thai
4 entries- ทำนอง noun (melody)
- ตั้งเสียง verb (to adjust a musical instrument)
- ปรับแต่ง verb (to adjust (e.g. a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally)
- เทียบเสียง verb (to adjust a musical instrument)
Tocharian B
1 entries- kene noun (melody)
Turkish
2 entries- akort etmek verb (to adjust a musical instrument)
- akortlamak verb (to adjust a musical instrument)
Ukrainian
3 entries- мело́дія noun (melody)
- моти́в noun (melody)
- на́спів noun (melody)
Vietnamese
2 entries- âm điệu noun (melody)
- điệu nhạc noun (melody)
Zazaki
1 entries- hewa (diq) noun (melody)
Sample sentences
34 total sentences available.
The tune was not familiar to me.
Source: tatoeba (29004)
Mary often hums a tune as she works in the kitchen.
Source: tatoeba (31902)
That very tune reminded me of my adolescence.
Source: tatoeba (32833)
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