English [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
Borrowing from French télévision.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən/, /ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən/
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- Rhymes: -ɪʒən
television (countable and uncountable; plural televisions)
- (uncountable) An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound.
- It’s a good thing that television doesn’t transmit smell.
- (countable) A device for receiving television signals and displaying them in visual form.
- I have an old television in the study.
- (uncountable) Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television.
- fifty-seven channels and nothing on television
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medium
- Afrikaans: televisie (af)
- Albanian: televizion (sq)
- Arabic: تلفاز (ar) (tilfāz) m, تلفزيون (ar) (tilifizyūn) m, تلفزة (ar) (talfaza) f
- Armenian: հեռուստատեսություն (hy) (heŕustatesut‘yun)
- Azeri: televiziya (az)
- Basque: telebista (eu)
- Belarusian: тэлебачанне (be) (teljebáčanne) n, тэлевізія (be) (teljevízija) f
- Bengali: টেলিভিশন (bn) (ţelibhishôn)
- Bulgarian: телевизия (bg) (televízija) f
- Burmese: တယ်လီဗီးရှင်း (my) (tèlibishin:), ရုပ်မြင်သံကြား (my) (yokmyinthan-gya:), တယ်လီဗစ်ရှင်း (my) (telibitshin:)
- Catalan: televisió (ca) f
- Central Melanau: telibisien
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 電視, 电视 (din6 si6)
- Mandarin: 電視 (cmn), 电视 (cmn) (diànshì)
- Czech: televize (cs) f
- Danish: tv (da) n, fjernsyn (da) n
- Dutch: televisie (nl) m
- Esperanto: televido (eo), (attributive) televida (eo)
- Estonian: televisioon (et)
- Faroese: sjónvarp (fo) n
- Finnish: televisio (fi)
- French: télévision (fr) f
- Galician: televisión (gl) f
- Georgian: ტელევიზია (ka) (televizia)
- German: Fernsehen (de) n
- Gilbertese: te tamnei
- Greek: τηλεόραση (el) (tileórasi) f
- Guaraní: terevi (gn)
- Gujarati: દૂરદર્શન (gu) (dūradarśan)
- Haitian Creole: televizyon
- Hebrew: טלוויזיה (he) (televizia) f
- Hindi: टेलिविजन (hi) (ṭelivijan), टेलीविज़न (hi) (ṭelīvizan), दूरदर्शन (hi) (dūradarśan), टीवी (hi) (ṭīvī)
- Hungarian: televízió (hu)
- Icelandic: sjónvarp (is) n, imbakassi (is) m
- Ido: televiziono (io)
- Indonesian: televisi (id)
- Interlingua: television (ia)
- Irish: teilifís (ga) f
- Italian: televisione (it) f
- Japanese: テレビジョン (ja) (terebijon), テレビ (ja) (terebi)
- Jèrriais: télévîsion f
- Kannada: ದೂರದರ್ಶನ (kn) (dūradarśan)
- Khmer: តេឡេ (km) (teelee), ទូរទស្សន៍ (km) (tuureatʊəh)
- Korean: 텔레비전 (ko) (tellebijeon), 텔레비 (ko) (tellebi)
- Lao: ໂທລະທັດ (lo) (thoolathat)
- Latin: televisio (la) f
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- Latvian: televīzija (lv) f
- Lithuanian: televizija (lt) f
- Macedonian: телевизија (mk) (televízija) f
- Malay: televisyen (ms)
- Malayalam: ടെലിവിഷൻ (ml)
- Maltese: televixin (mt)
- Manx: chellveeish (gv) f
- Maori: pouaka whakaata (mi)
- Mongolian: телевиз (mn) (televiz), зурагт (mn) (zuragt)
- Navajo: níłchʼi naalkidí
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: fjernsyn (nb) n, TV (nb) m
- Nynorsk: fjernsyn (nn) n, TV (nn) m
- Papiamentu: televishon
- Persian: تلویزیون (fa) (televizion)
- Polish: telewizja (pl) f
- Portuguese: televisão (pt) f
- Quechua: tiliwisiyun (qu)
- Romanian: televiziune (ro) f
- Russian: телевидение (ru) (televídenije) n
- Samoan: televise (sm)
- Scots: televeesion
- Scottish Gaelic: telebhisean (gd) m, cian-dhealbh (gd) f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: телевизија (sh) f
- Roman: televizija (sh) f
- Shona: tiivhii (sn)
- Sinhalese: රූපවාහිනිය (si) (rūpavāhiniya), ටීවී (si) (ṭīvī)
- Slovak: televízia (sk) f
- Slovene: televizija (sl) f
- Sotho: televishene (st)
- Spanish: televisión (es) f
- Swahili: televisheni (sw)
- Swedish: television (sv)
- Tagalog: telebisyon (tl)
- Tamil: தொலைக்காட்சி (ta) (tolaikkāṭci)
- Telugu: టెలివిజన్ (te) (ṭelivijan)
- Thai: โทรทัศน์ (th) (thorāthāt), ทีวี (th) (tee-wee)
- Turkish: televizyon (tr), sınalgı (tr)
- Ukrainian: телебачення (uk) (telebáčennja) n
- Urdu: ٹیلی ویژن (ur) (ṭelīvižan), بعید نما (ur) (ba'īd numā)
- Vietnamese: truyền hình (vi) (傳形 (vi)), TV (vi), tivi (vi), vô tuyến truyền hình (vi) (無線傳形 (vi))
- Volapük: televid (vo)
- Welsh: teledu (cy) m
- Yiddish: טעלעוויזיע (yi) (televizye) f
- Zulu: thelevishini (zu)
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television set
- Afrikaans: televisie (af)
- Albanian: televizor (sq)
- Arabic: تلفاز (ar) (tilfāz) m, تلفزيون (ar) (tilifizyūn) m, جهاز تلفزيون (ar) (jihāz tilifizyūn) m
- Armenian: հեռուստացույց (hy) (heŕustats‘uyts‘)
- Azeri: televizor (az)
- Basque: telebista (eu)
- Belarusian: тэлевізар (be) (teljevízar) m
- Bengali: টেলিভিশন সেট (bn) (ţelibhishôn seţ)
- Bulgarian: телевизор (bg) (televízor) m
- Catalan: televisió (ca) f, televisor (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 電視機, 电视机 (din6 si6 gei1)
- Mandarin: 電視機 (cmn), 电视机 (cmn) (diànshìjī)
- Czech: televizor (cs) m, televize (cs) f
- Danish: fjernsyn (da) n, tv (da) n
- Dutch: televisie (nl) m
- Esperanto: televidilo (eo)
- Estonian: televiisor (et), teler (et)
- Faroese: sjónvarpstól (fo) n
- Finnish: televisio (fi)
- French: téléviseur (fr) m, télévision (fr) f (fam.), télé (fr) f
- Georgian: ტელევიზორი (ka) (televizori)
- German: Fernseher (de) m, Fernsehapparat (de) m, Glotze (de) f (informal)
- Greek: τηλεόραση (el) (tileórasi) f
- Guaraní: terevi (gn)
- Hebrew: טלוויזיה (he) (televizia) f
- Hindi: दूरदर्शन (hi) (dūradarśan), टेलिविजन सेट (hi) (ṭelivijan seṭ)
- Icelandic: sjónvarp (is), sjónvarpstæki (is) n
- Ido: televidilo (io)
- Interlingua: televisor (ia)
- Irish: teilifíseán (ga) m
- Italian: televisore (it) m
- Japanese: テレビ (ja) (terebi), テレビセット (ja) (terebisetto), 受像機 (ja) (じゅぞうき, juzōki)
- Jèrriais: télévîsion f
- Kamba: tivii, tivii
- Kazakh: телевизор (kk) (televïzor), теледидар (kk) (teledïdar)
- Khmer: ទូរទស្សន៍ (km) (tuurea’tʊəh)
- Kikuyu: tivii
- Korean: 텔레비전 (ko) (tellebijeon)
- Kyrgyz: телевизор (ky) (televizor)
- Lao: ເຄື່ອງທີວີ (lo) (khư̄ang thī wī)
- Latin: televisio (la) f, televisionis (la) gen.
- Latvian: televizors (lv) m
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- Lithuanian: televizorius (lt)
- Luhya: etivii
- Macedonian: телевизор (mk) (televízor) m
- Malay: televisyen (ms), peti gambar (ms)
- Maltese: televiżjoni (mt)
- Manx: çhellveeishan (gv) m
- Meru: tivii
- Mongolian: телевизор (mn) (televizor), зурагт (mn) (zuragt)
- Navajo: níłchʼi naalkidí
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: fjernsyn (nb) n, TV (nb) m
- Nynorsk: fjernsyn (nn) n, TV (nn) m
- Polish: telewizor (pl) m
- Portuguese: televisor (pt) m, televisão (pt) f
- Romanian: televizor (ro) n
- Russian: телевизор (ru) (televízor) m, телик (ru) (télik) m (colloquial), телевизионный приёмник (ru) (televiziónnyj prijómnik) m
- Scots: televeesion
- Scottish Gaelic: telebhisean (gd) m, cian-dhealbh (gd) f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: телевизор (sh) m
- Roman: televizor (sh) m
- Slovak: televizor (sk) m
- Slovene: televizor (sl) m, televizijski sprejemnik (sl) m
- Sotho: telebishene (st)
- Spanish: televisor (es) m
- Swahili: runinga (sw), televisheni (sw)
- Swedish: television (sv)
- Tajik: телевизор (tg) (televizor)
- Tamil: தொலைக்காட்சிப் பெட்டி (ta) (tolaikkāṭcip peṭṭi)
- Tatar: телевизор (tt) (televizor)
- Thai: โทรทัศน์ (th) (thorāthāt)
- Turkish: televizyon (tr), televizyon alıcısı (tr)
- Turkmen: telewizor (tk)
- Ukrainian: телевізор (uk) (televízor) m
- Urdu: ٹیلی ویژن سیٹ (ur) (ṭelīvižan seṭ)
- Uyghur: تېلېۋىزور (ug) (tëlëwizor)
- Uzbek: televizor (uz)
- Vietnamese: máy truyền hình (vi), TV (vi), tivi (vi)
- Volapük: televidöm (vo)
- Welsh: teledu (cy) m, set deledu m
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television (third-person singular simple present televisions, present participle televisioning, simple past and past participle televisioned)
- (neologism, informal) To watch television.
Anagrams [edit]
Finnish [edit]
television
- Genitive singular form of televisio.
Swedish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
tele- + vision
Pronunciation [edit]
television c
- television
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