televize

English

Verb

televize (third-person singular simple present televizes, present participle televizing, simple past and past participle televized)

1. Nonstandard spelling of televise.

References

• Jesse Karjalainen (2012), The Joy Of English: 100 Illuminating Conversations about the English Language, How To Books Ltd, →ISBN: “The same exceptions exist in US spelling -ize, although it is common to see certain nonstandard spellings, such as advertize, merchandize and televize.”

Czech

Alternative forms

• televise (superseded)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der.

Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor.

French télé-

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *widtós

Proto-Italic *wissos

Latin vīsus

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin vīsiōlbor.

Old French vision

Middle French vision

French vision

French télévisionbor.

Czech televize

Borrowed from French télévision.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛlɛvɪzɛ]

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• Rhymes: -ɪzɛ
• Hyphenation: te‧le‧vi‧ze

Noun

televize f

1. television, TV

   Synonym: telka

2. television set, TV set

   Synonym: televizor

Declension

Declension of televize (soft feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	televize	televize
genitive	televize	televizí
dative	televizi	televizím
accusative	televizi	televize
vocative	televize	televize
locative	televizi	televizích
instrumental	televizí	televizemi

Related terms

• See vize

• televizák
• televizní
• televizor

Further reading

• “televize”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “televise”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “televize”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “televize”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026