Meanings
nountuning key (plural tuning keys)
plural tuning keys
- A peg or screw used to tighten or loosen strings on a musical instrument in order to produce concordant sounds.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 弦鈕 /弦钮
- 弦鈕 /弦钮 (xiánniǔ)peg or screw to loosen or tighten strings on musical instruments
Dutch stemschroef, stemknop
- stemschroefpeg or screw to loosen or tighten strings on musical instruments
- stemknoppeg or screw to loosen or tighten strings on musical instruments
French cheville
- chevillepeg or screw to loosen or tighten strings on musical instruments
German Wirbel
- Wirbelpeg or screw to loosen or tighten strings on musical instruments
Italian pirolo
- pirolopeg or screw to loosen or tighten strings on musical instruments
Māori kōwiri
- kōwiripeg or screw to loosen or tighten strings on musical instruments
Polish stroik
- stroikpeg or screw to loosen or tighten strings on musical instruments
Portuguese cravelha
- cravelhapeg or screw to loosen or tighten strings on musical instruments
Spanish clavija
- clavijapeg or screw to loosen or tighten strings on musical instruments
Swedish stämskruv
- stämskruvpeg or screw to loosen or tighten strings on musical instruments
Welsh cyweirgorn, ebill cyweirio
- cyweirgornpeg or screw to loosen or tighten strings on musical instruments
- ebill cyweiriopeg or screw to loosen or tighten strings on musical instruments
Cite this entry
APA
tuning key. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tuning%20key
MLA
“tuning key.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tuning%20key. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tuning key,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tuning%20key.
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