television

See also: televisión, télévision, and télévîsion

English

Etymology

Template:borrowing (deprecated template usage) télévision; tele- +‎ vision.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən/, /ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter)

  Audio (UK):

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  Audio (US):

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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɪʒən

Noun

television (countable and uncountable, plural televisions)

An early television (2)

1. (deprecated template usage) (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.

2. (deprecated template usage) (countable) A device for receiving television signals and displaying them in visual form.

   I have an old television in the study.

3. (deprecated template usage) (uncountable) Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television.

   fifty-seven channels and nothing on television

4. (deprecated template usage) (uncountable) Vision at a distance.
   • 1943, Elizabeth Hazelton Haight, Essays on the Greek Romances, Longmans, Green and Co., page 165:

     the magic mirror … which furnished him television of his family and country

Derived terms

television

• cable television
• on television
• televangelism
• televangelist

• television channel
• television network
• television station
• TV

Synonyms

television

• boob tube
• cultural barbiturate
• electronic babysitter
• glass teat
• goggle box
• idiot box

• plebvision
• the shit box
• television set
• telly
• the tube
• TV

Related terms

television

• televisional
• televisionally
• televisionary

• televise, televize
• televisual

Translations

medium

• Afrikaans: televisie
• Albanian: televizion m
• Amharic: ቴሌቪዥን (televižn)
• Arabic: تِلْفَاز m (tilfāz), تِلِفِزْيُون m (tilifizyūn), تَلْفَزَة f (talfaza)
• Aramaic: ܦܪܣ ܚܙܘܐ (ܦܪܣ ܚܙܘܐ)
• Armenian: հեռուստատեսություն (heṙustatesutʻyun)
• Asturian: televisión f, televisor m, televisión f
• Azeri: televiziya (az)
• Basque: telebista
• Belarusian: тэлеба́чанне n (teljebáčannje), тэлеві́зія f (teljevízija)
• Bengali: টেলিভিশন (bn) (ţelibhishôn)
• Breton: skinwel
• Bulgarian: телеви́зия (bg) f (televízija)
• Burmese: တယ်လီဗီးရှင်း (my) (tailibi:hrang:), ရုပ်မြင်သံကြား (rupmrangsamkra:), တယ်လီဗစ်ရှင်း (tailibachrang:)
• Buryat: телевиз (tjeljeviz)
• Catalan: televisió (ca) f
• Central Melanau: telibisien
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 電視／电视 (din⁶ si⁶), 电视 (din⁶ si⁶)

  Hakka: 電視／电视 (thien-sṳ)

  Mandarin: 電視／电视 (diànshì), 电视 (zh) (diànshì)

  Min Nan: 電視／电视 (zh-min-nan) (tiān-sī)

• Chuvash: телекурӑм (telek̬urăm)
• Crimean Tatar: telekörüv
• Czech: televize (cs) f
• Danish: tv (da) n, fjernsyn (da) n
• Dutch: televisie (nl) m
• Esperanto: televido, (attributive) televida
• Estonian: televisioon (et)
• Faroese: sjónvarp n
• Finnish: televisio (fi)
• French: télévision (fr) f
• Galician: televisión f
• Georgian: ტელევიზია (ṭelevizia)
• German: Fernsehen (de) n, Television f (rare)
• Gilbertese: te tamnei
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽 (faírrasaíƕan)
• Greek: τηλεόραση (el) f (tileórasi)
• Guaraní: terevi, ta'ãngambyry
• Gujarati: દૂરદર્શન (dūradarśan)
• Haitian Creole: televizyon
• Hebrew: טלוויזיה (he) f (televizia)
• Hindi: टेलिविजन (ṭelivijan), टेलीविज़न (ṭelīvizan), दूरदर्शन (dūradarśan), टीवी (ṭīvī)
• Hungarian: televízió (hu)
• Icelandic: sjónvarp (is) n, imbakassi m
• Ido: televiziono (io)
• Indonesian: televisi (id)
• Interlingua: television
• Irish: teilifís (ga) f
• Italian: televisione (it) f
• Japanese: テレビジョン (ja) (terebijon), テレビ (ja) (terebi), 電視 (ja) (denshi)
• Norman: télévîsion f
• Kalmyk: телеүзгдл (teleüzgdl)
• Kannada: ದೂರದರ್ಶನ (kn) (dūradarśana)
• Kazakh: теледидар (kk) (teledidar), телевидение (televidenie)
• Khmer: តេឡេ (teelee), ទូរទស្សន៍ (km) (tuureatʊəh)
• Korean: 텔레비전 (ko), 텔레비 (tellebi), 티뷔 (tibwi)
• Kurdish:
• Kyrgyz: сыналгы (sınalgı), телевидение (televideniye)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Lao: ໂທລະທັດ (lo) (thō la that)
• Latin: televisio f
• Latvian: televīzija f, tālrāde
• Lithuanian: televizija f
• Low German:

  German Low German: Feernseher

• Macedonian: телеви́зија f (televízija)
• Malagasy: fahitalavitra (mg)
• Malay: televisyen
• Malayalam: ടെലിവിഷൻ (ml) (ṭeliviṣaṉ)
• Maltese: televixin
• Manx: chellveeish f
• Maori: pouaka whakaata
• Marathi: दूरचित्रवाणी (dūrcitravāṇi)
• Mongolian: телевиз (televiz), зурагт (zuragt)
• Nahuatl: huehcaīxipcaxitl (nah)
• Navajo: níłchʼi naalkidí
• Northern Sami: televišuvdna
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fjernsyn (no) n, TV m

  Nynorsk: fjernsyn n, TV m

• Old English: feorrsien
• Papiamentu: televishon
• Pennsylvania German: guckbax
• Persian: تلویزیون (fa) (televizion)
• Polish: telewizja (pl) f
• Portuguese: televisão (pt) f
• Quechua: tiliwisiyun, ñawikaruy
• Romanian: televiziune (ro) f
• Russian: телеви́дение (ru) n (televídenije), ТВ (ru) n (TV)
• Rusyn: телеві́зія f (televízija)
• Samoan: televise
• Scots: televeesion
• Scottish Gaelic: telebhisean m, cian-dhealbh f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: телевизија f

  Roman: televizija (sh) f

• Shona: tiivhii
• Sinhalese: රූපවාහිනිය (rūpawāhiniya), ටීවී (ṭīwī)
• Slovak: televízia f
• Slovene: televizija (sl) f
• Sotho: televishene
• Spanish: televisión (es) f
• Swahili: televisheni (sw), runinga (sw)
• Swedish: television (sv)
• Tagalog: telebisyon, tanlap
• Tajik: телевизион (televizion)
• Tamil: தொலைக்காட்சி (ta) (tolaikkāṭci)
• Tatar: телевидение (telewideniye)
• Telugu: టెలివిజన్ (te) (ṭelivijan)
• Thai: โทรทัศน์ (th) (thorāthāt), ทีวี (th) (tee-wee)
• Turkish: televizyon (tr)
• Turkmen: telewizion
• Ukrainian: телеба́чення n (telebáčennja)
• Urdu: ٹیلی ویژن (ṭelīvižan), بعید نما (ba'īd numā)
• Uzbek: televideniye (uz)
• Vietnamese: truyền hình (vi) (傳形), TV (vi), tivi (vi), vô tuyến truyền hình (無線傳形)
• Volapük: televid
• Welsh: teledu (cy) m
• West Frisian: televyzje
• Yakut: телевидение (televideniye)
• Yiddish: טעלעוויזיע f (televizye)
• Yoruba: àfigbéwòran
• Zulu: thelevishini

device for receiving television signals

• Afrikaans: televisie
• Albanian: televizor m
• Arabic: تِلْفَاز m (tilfāz), تِلِفِزْيُون m (tilifizyūn), جِهَاز تِلِفِزْيُون m (jihāz tilifizyūn)
• Armenian: հեռուստացույց (heṙustacʻuycʻ)
• Asturian: televisor m, televisión f, televisor m
• Azeri: televizor (az)
• Basque: telebista
• Belarusian: тэлеві́зар m (teljevízar)
• Bengali: টেলিভিশন সেট (ţelibhishôn seţ)
• Bulgarian: телеви́зор (bg) m (televízor)
• Catalan: televisió (ca) f, televisor (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 電視機／电视机 (din⁶ si⁶ gei¹), 电视机 (din⁶ si⁶ gei¹)

  Mandarin: 電視機／电视机 (diànshìjī), 电视机 (zh) (diànshìjī)

• Czech: televizor (cs) m, televize (cs) f, televizní přijímač m
• Danish: fjernsyn (da) n, tv (da) n
• Dutch: televisie (nl) m
• Esperanto: televidilo
• Estonian: televiisor, teler
• Faroese: sjónvarpstól n
• Finnish: televisio (fi)
• French: téléviseur (fr) m, télévision (fr) f (fam.), télé (fr) f, poste de télévision (fr) m
• Galician: televisor m, televisión f
• Georgian: ტელევიზორი (ṭelevizori)
• German: Fernseher (de) m, Fernsehapparat (de) m, Glotze (de) f (informal)
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽 (faírrasaíƕan)
• Greek: τηλεόραση (el) f (tileórasi)
• Guaraní: terevi
• Hebrew: טלוויזיה (he) f (televizia)
• Hindi: दूरदर्शन (dūradarśan), टेलिविजन सेट (ṭelivijan seṭ)
• Hungarian: tévékészülék
• Icelandic: sjónvarp (is), sjónvarpstæki (is) n
• Ido: televidilo (io), televiziono (io)
• Indonesian: televisi (id)
• Interlingua: televisor
• Irish: teilifíseán (ga) m
• Italian: televisore (it) m
• Japanese: テレビ (ja) (terebi), テレビセット (terebisetto), 受像機 (じゅぞうき, juzōki)
• Norman: télévîsion f
• Kalmyk: зургт (zurgt)
• Kamba: tivii, tivii
• Kazakh: телевизор (televizor), теледидар (kk) (teledidar)
• Khmer: ទូរទស្សន៍ (km) (tuurea’tʊəh)
• Kikuyu: tivii
• Korean: 텔레비전 (ko)
• Kyrgyz: телевизор (televizor)
• Lao: ເຄື່ອງທີວີ (khư̄ang thī wī)
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• Latin: televisio f
• Latvian: televizors m
• Lithuanian: televizorius (lt) m
• Luhya: etivii
• Macedonian: телевизор m (televízor)
• Malay: televisyen, peti gambar
• Maltese: televiżjoni f
• Manx: çhellveeishan m
• Maori: taonga whakaata
• Meru: tivii
• Mongolian: телевизор (televizor), зурагт (zuragt)
• Navajo: níłchʼi naalkidí
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fjernsyn (no) n, TV m

  Nynorsk: fjernsyn n, TV m

• Old English: feorrsien
• Polish: telewizor (pl) m
• Portuguese: televisor (pt) m, televisão (pt) f, aparelho televisor m
• Romanian: televizor (ro) n
• Russian: телеви́зор (ru) m (televízor), те́лик (ru) m (télik) (colloquial), телевизио́нный приёмник m (televiziónnyj prijómnik)
• Sanskrit: दूरदर्शनम् (dūrdarśanam)
• Scots: televeesion
• Scottish Gaelic: telebhisean m, cian-dhealbh f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: телевизор m

  Roman: televizor (sh) m

• Slovak: televizor m
• Slovene: televizor m, televizijski sprejemnik m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: telewizor m

• Sotho: telebishene
• Spanish: televisor (es) m, televisión (es) f
• Swahili: runinga (sw), televisheni (sw)
• Swedish: television (sv)
• Tajik: телевизор (televizor)
• Tamil: தொலைக்காட்சிப் பெட்டி (tolaikkāṭcip peṭṭi)
• Tatar: телевизор (telewizor)
• Thai: โทรทัศน์ (th) (thorāthāt)
• Turkish: televizyon (tr), televizyon alıcısı (tr)
• Turkmen: telewizor
• Ukrainian: телеві́зор m (televízor)
• Urdu: ٹیلی ویژن سیٹ (ṭelīvižan seṭ)
• Uyghur: تېلېۋىزور́ (tëlëwizoŕ)
• Uzbek: televizor (uz)
• Vietnamese: máy truyền hình, TV (vi), tivi (vi)
• Volapük: televidöm
• Welsh: teledu (cy) m, set deledu m

program broadcasting

• Albanian: televizion
• Arabic: تِلْفَاز m (tilfāz), تِلِفِزْيُون m (tilifizyūn)
• Armenian: հեռուստատեսություն (heṙustatesutʻyun)
• Basque: telebista
• Bulgarian: телеви́зия (bg) f (televízija)
• Catalan: televisió (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 電視／电视 (din⁶ si⁶), 电视 (din⁶ si⁶)

  Mandarin: 電視／电视 (diànshì), 电视 (zh) (diànshì)

• Czech: televize (cs) f
• Danish: tv (da) n
• Dutch: televisie (nl) m
• Esperanto: televido
• Faroese: sjónvarp n
• Finnish: televisio (fi)
• French: télévision (fr) f
• Galician: televisión f
• Georgian: ტელევიზია (ṭelevizia)
• German: Fernsehen (de) n
• Greek: τηλεόραση (el) f (tileórasi)
• Guaraní: terevi
• Hebrew: טלוויזיה (he) f (televizia)
• Interlingua: television
• Irish: teilifís (ga) f
• Italian: televisione (it) f
• Japanese: テレビジョン (ja) (terebijon)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norman: télévîsion f
• Korean: 텔레비전 (ko)
• Latin: televisio f
• Macedonian: телевизија f (televizija)
• Malay: televisyen
• Maltese: televiżiv
• Manx: çhellveeish f
• Navajo: níłchʼi naalkidí
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fjernsyn (no) n, TV m

  Nynorsk: fjernsyn n, TV m

• Persian: television (televizion)
• Polish: telewizja (pl) f
• Portuguese: televisão (pt) f
• Romanian: televiziune (ro) f
• Russian: телеви́дение (ru) n (televídenije)
• Scottish Gaelic: telebhisean m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: телевизија f

  Roman: televizija (sh) f

• Slovak: televízia f
• Spanish: televisión (es) f
• Swahili: televisheni (sw)
• Swedish: television (sv)
• Tagalog: telebisyon
• Thai: โทรทัศน์ (th) (thorāthāt)
• Vietnamese: truyền hình (vi) (傳形), TV (vi), tivi (vi), vô tuyến truyền hình (無線傳形)
• Welsh: teledu (cy) m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Ido: ^{(please verify)} televiziono (io)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: ^{(please verify)} reo tātaki, ^{(please verify)} pouaka whakaata

Verb

television (third-person singular simple present televisions, present participle televisioning, simple past and past participle televisioned)

1. (deprecated template usage) (neologism, informal) To watch television.

Anagrams

• olivenites

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Finnish

Noun

television

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of televisio

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Swedish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English (deprecated template usage) television, from .

Pronunciation

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /tɛlɛvɪˈɧuːn/

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter)

  Audio:

  (file)

Noun

television c

1. television

Declension

Declension of television
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	television	televisionen	—	—
Genitive	televisions	televisionens	—	—

Related terms

• teve
• tv