sintonia
See also: sintonía
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek συντονία (suntonía).
Pronunciation
Noun
sintonia f (plural sintonies)
- (radio, television) theme music, jingle
- (electronics) syntony
- (figurative) harmony
Further reading
- “sintonia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “sintonia”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “sintonia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek συντονία (suntonía). Compare French syntonie and Portuguese sintonia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sin.toˈni.a/
- Rhymes: -ia
- Hyphenation: sin‧to‧nì‧a
Noun
sintonia f (plural sintonie)
- (engineering, electronics) tuning (of a radio etc.)
- mettere in sintonia ― to put in tune
- (figuratively) harmony
Derived terms
Further reading
- sintonia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek συντονία (suntonía). Compare French syntonie, Spanish sintonía, Italian sintonia.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /sĩ.toˈni.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /sĩ.toˈni.a/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sĩ.tuˈni.ɐ/
- Hyphenation: sin‧to‧ni‧a
Noun
sintonia f (plural sintonias)
- (engineering, electronics) tuning
- simultaneity
- (figuratively) mutual agreement, harmony (between people or objects)
Derived terms
- sintônico
- sintonização
Further reading
- “sintonia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “sintonia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025