"untune" meaning in English

See untune in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: untunes [present, singular, third-person], untuning [participle, present], untuned [participle, past], untuned [past]
Etymology: From un- + tune. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|tune}} un- + tune Head templates: {{en-verb}} untune (third-person singular simple present untunes, present participle untuning, simple past and past participle untuned)
  1. (transitive) To cause (something) to be out of tune; to make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action. Tags: error-lua-exec, transitive Synonyms: detune, distune Translations (to cause to be out of tune): çakordoj (Albanian), разстройвам (razstrojvam) (Bulgarian), rozladit (Czech), ontstemmen (Dutch), malagordi (Esperanto), désaccorder (French), verstimmen (German), elhangol (Hungarian), scordare (Italian), išderinti (Lithuanian), rozstroić (Polish), desafinar (Portuguese), расстроить (rasstroitʹ) (Russian), destemplar (Spanish)

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