Tunes

See also: tunes and tunés

French

Proper noun

Tunes ?

1. Obsolete form of Tunis.

Galician

Proper noun

Tunes

1. Tunis (the capital city of Tunisia)

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtuː.neːs/, [ˈt̪uːneːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.nes/, [ˈt̪uːnes]

Proper noun

Tūnēs m sg (genitive Tūnētis); third declension

1. A town in Africa, now Tunis.

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Tūnēs
genitive	Tūnētis
dative	Tūnētī
accusative	Tūnētem
ablative	Tūnēte
vocative	Tūnēs
locative	Tūnētī Tūnēte

References

• Tunes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Tunes”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Túnis (Brazil)
• Tunis

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تُونِس (tūnis).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtũ.nis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtũ.nis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈtũ.niʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.nes/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.nɨʃ/

• Homophone: Túnis (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: Tu‧nes

Proper noun

Tunes f

1. (Portugal) Tunis (the capital city of Tunisia)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Túnez.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtunes/ [ˈt̪uː.n̪ɛs]
• Rhymes: -unes
• Syllabification: Tu‧nes

Proper noun

Tunes (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜈᜒᜐ᜔)

1. Tunisia (a country in North Africa)

   Synonym: Tunisya

   • 1930, P. Sayo, Nang magdaan ang daluyong:

     Yaong sakdal gandang prinsesa sa Tunes, sabihin ang tuwa ng puso at dibdib, at makikita na ama't inang ibig...

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)