"tuning fork" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /tjʉːnɪŋ foːk/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-tuning fork.wav [US] Forms: tuning forks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tuning fork (plural tuning forks)
  1. (music) A fork-shaped object which emits a tone of a specific frequency when struck, producing a reference note for tuning instruments. Wikipedia link: tuning fork Categories (topical): Musical instruments Translations (fork-shaped object which emits a tone): կամերտոն (kamerton) (Armenian), kamerton (Azerbaijani), камертон (kamjertón) [masculine] (Belarusian), камерто́н (kamertón) [masculine] (Bulgarian), diapasó [masculine] (Catalan), 音叉 (yīnchā) (Chinese Mandarin), ladička [feminine] (Czech), stemmegaffel [common-gender] (Danish), stemvork (Dutch), agordilo (Esperanto), äänirauta (Finnish), diapason [masculine] (French), Stimmgabel [feminine] (German), διαπασών (diapasón) [invariable, neuter] (Greek), קולן (kolan) [masculine] (Hebrew), hangvilla (Hungarian), tónkvísl [feminine] (Icelandic), garpu tala (Indonesian), gabhlóg thiúnála [feminine] (Irish), gabhlóg thiúnta [feminine] (Irish), gabhlóg cheoil [feminine] (Irish), corista [masculine] (Italian), diapason [masculine] (Italian), 音叉 (onsa) (alt: おんさ) (Japanese), stemmegaffel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), stemmegaffel [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kamerton [masculine] (Polish), diapazon [masculine] (Polish), diapasão (Portuguese), lamiré [masculine] (Portuguese), diapazon [neuter] (Romanian), камерто́н (kamertón) [masculine] (Russian), diapasón [masculine] (Spanish), stämgaffel [common-gender] (Swedish), ส้อมเสียง (sɔ̂m-sǐiang) (Thai), diyapazon (Turkish), камерто́н (kamertón) [masculine] (Ukrainian), thanh mẫu (Vietnamese), âm thoa (Vietnamese), diapason [masculine] (Zazaki)

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    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fork-shaped object which emits a tone",
      "word": "diyapazon"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kamertón",
      "sense": "fork-shaped object which emits a tone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "камерто́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "fork-shaped object which emits a tone",
      "word": "thanh mẫu"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "fork-shaped object which emits a tone",
      "word": "âm thoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "fork-shaped object which emits a tone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diapason"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tuning fork"
}

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