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TV

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See also: tv, .tv, tv., and Tv.

Translingual

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1

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Symbol

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TV

  1. (metrology) Symbol for teravolt, an SI unit of electromotive force equal to 1012 volts.

Etymology 2

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Symbol

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TV

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Tuvalu since 1977.
    Synonym: TUV (alpha-3)

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Abbreviation, from television.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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TV (countable and uncountable, plural TVs)

  1. (colloquial, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of television.
    I saw an ad for that on TV.
    • 1985, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, “The Sun Always Shines on T.V.”, in Hunting High and Low, performed by a-ha:
      Believe me, the sun always shines on TV
    • 2023 September 15, Henry T. Casey, “What is USB-C? Here’s everything you need to know”, in CNN‎[1]:
      USB-C isn’t just how many PC laptops are charged; it’s also how the Chromecast With Google TV draws power. It’s also the only USB port in any modern MacBook, and it’s used for charging and data transfer in many Samsung Galaxy phones (dating back to 2016’s infamous Galaxy Note 7).
  2. (countable) Abbreviation of transvestite.
    • 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
      She spoke of her male side as her "brother" as do older, more conventional TVs.
    • 1986 April 12, David Anderson, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 18:
      I am in isolation and am lonely and would like to correspond with TVs, TSs and queens.
    • 1996, Forced Womanhood, number 20, page 32:
      TV's who dominate and TV's who are dominated! TV's who are hot, sexy and horny as hell!
  3. (physiology) Initialism of tidal volume.
  4. Initialism of tax value.
  5. (pop culture, music) Initialism of Taylor's Version.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Thai: ทีวี (tii-wii)
  • → Unami: TV
  • → Vietnamese: ti vi

Translations

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See also

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Anagrams

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Abbreviation of televisio (“television”).

Noun

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TV

  1. TV (abbreviation for television)

Declension

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Inflection of TV (Kotus type filee)
singular plural
nominative TV TV:t
genitive TV:n TV:iden
TV:itten
partitive TV:tä TV:itä
accusative TV
TV:n 		TV:t
inessive TV:ssä TV:issä
elative TV:stä TV:istä
illative TV:hen
TV:seen 		TV:ihin
TV:isiin
adessive TV:llä TV:illä
ablative TV:ltä TV:iltä
allative TV:lle TV:ille
essive TV:nä TV:inä
translative TV:ksi TV:iksi
abessive TV:ttä TV:ittä
instructive – TV:in
comitative – TV:ineen

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French

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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TV f (invariable)

  1. (North America and Belgium, informal) television
    Synonym: télé

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈte.ve/, [ˈt̪e.fe]

Noun

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TV (plural TV-TV)

  1. (communication) initialism of televisi (“television”)

Italian

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Pronunciation

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TV f (invariable)

  1. (informal) television
    Synonyms: televisione, tivù

References

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  1. ^ TV in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Japanese

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Noun

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TV(テレビ) • (terebi) 

  1. abbreviation of テレビ (“TV”)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Abbreviation of televisjon

Noun

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TV m (definite singular TV-en, indefinite plural TV-er, definite plural TV-ene)

  1. TV (television set)
  2. television (program broadcasting)
    Han vil se på TV.
    He wants to watch television.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Abbreviation of televisjon

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈteːˈʋeː/
  • (Standard Eastern) IPA(key): [ˈtêːˈʋěː]

Noun

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TV m (definite singular TV-en, indefinite plural TV-ar, definite plural TV-ane)

  1. TV (television set)
  2. television (program broadcasting)
    Dei likar ikkje å sjå på TV.
    They don't like to watch television.

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Polish

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TV

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English TV.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tɛˈfaw/, /tɛˈvu/, /tiˈvi/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aw, -u, -i
  • Syllabification: T‧V

Noun

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TV f (indeclinable)

  1. television (electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound)
    Synonym: telewizja
  2. television (institution engaged in the preparation and transmission of television programs)
    Synonym: telewizja
  3. television, television set (electronic device that receives television signals and displays the resulting images on a screen)
    Synonyms: pudło, telewizor

Adjective

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TV (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. (relational, postpositive) televisual; television (electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound)
    Synonym: telewizyjny
  2. (relational, postpositive) televisual; television (institution engaged in the preparation and transmission of television programs)
    Synonym: telewizyjny
  3. (relational, postpositive) televisual; television, television set (electronic device that receives television signals and displays the resulting images on a screen)
    Synonym: telewizorowy

Further reading

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  • TV in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • TV in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Initialism of televisão.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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TV f (plural TVs)

  1. TV

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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TV m inan (Cyrillic spelling ТВ)

  1. TV

Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Abbreviation of television, borrowed from English television, attested since 1923.

Noun

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TV c

  1. TV
    Synonyms: television, televisionsapparat
    Holonym: etermedia
    Han såg det på TV:en.
    He saw it on the TV.

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Unami

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English TV.

Noun

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TV inan

  1. a television, a TV
    Synonym: (neologism) pèhpënunhikehikàn
    Kèxa hèch lawtu në TV?
    How much does the TV cost?
    Mpënamën TV naxa awëlink.
    I watched TV for three hours.

References

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  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English TV.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(classifier chiếc) TV

  1. initialism of ti-vi

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