television

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English

Etymology

From tele- +‎ vision; first attested in 1900, probably influenced by French télévision from Constantin Perskyi's 1900 paper that was unpublished but presented at a Paris conference.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən/, /ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən/, /ˌtɛlɪˈvɪʒən/, /ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən/
• Rhymes: -ɪʒən

Noun

television (countable and uncountable, plural televisions)

1. (uncountable, broadcasting) An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound.

3. (countable) An electronic home entertainment device equipped with a screen and a speaker for receiving television signals and displaying them in audio-visual form.

4. (uncountable) Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television.

5. (uncountable, dated) Vision at a distance.

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Descendants

• → Japanese: テレビジョン (terebijon), → Japanese: テレビ (terebi)
• → Korean: 텔레비전 (tellebijeon)
• → Malay: televisyen
• → Maltese: televixin
• → Sanskrit: दूरदर्शन (dūradarśana) (semantic loan)
  • → Thai: โทรทัศน์ (too-rá-tát)
  • → Lao: ໂທລະທັດ (thō la that)
  • → Khmer: ទូរទស្សន៍ (tuurĕəʼtŭəh)
• → Swahili: televisheni
• → Yoruba: tẹlifíṣọ̀n

Translations

Verb

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

1. (neologism, informal) To watch television.

References

Anagrams

• olivenites

Finnish

Noun

television

1. genitive singular of televisio

Lombard

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /televiˈzjuːŋ/

• IPA^(key): [televiˈzjũːŋ] (Western)
• IPA^(key): [televiˈzju] (Eastern)

Noun

television

1. television

Occitan

Pronunciation

Noun

television f (plural televisions)

1. television

Swedish

Etymology

From English television, from tele- +‎ vision.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɛlɛvɪˈɧuːn/

Noun

television c

1. television

Declension

Related terms

• teve
• tv