EuroLex/E/Tuner

tuner


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: n. 2 'a device for tuning a radio receiver', 3 'an electric device for tuning a guitar etc.', +4 'FM radio'

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


 * Annotations: * DEA = Dictionary of European Anglicisms by Manfred Görlach (2001), Oxford: OUP.; ** CODEE = The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology by T.F. Hoad (1986), Oxford: Clarendon.


 * Information on Other Languages: Icelandic: tuner [= English], end20c, meaning: 3, status: restricted use: technical; Russian: tyuner, end20c, meaning: 2,+4, status: restricted use: technical/modern; Bulgarian: tuner, mid20c, meaning: 2, status: restricted use: technical; Greek: tuner/tiuner, end20c, meaning: +4, status: word is known mainly to bilinguals and felt to be English (technical);

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