English

Etymology

From Greek tele-, distant, + vision, from Latin visio, vision or seeing, noun of action from perfect passive participle visus , that which is seen, from verb videre, see, + action noun suffix -io.

Noun

television, often abbreviated TV

1. An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound.
2. A device for receiving television signals and displaying them in visual form.
3. Collectively, the programs broadcast via television.

Synonyms

• cable television
• idiot box
• telly
• the tube
• TV

Related terms

• televise , televize
• televisual

Translations

• Bulgarian: телевизия f (1,3) телевизор m (2)
• Chinese: 電視 , 电视
• Czech: televize f (1,2,3) televizor m (2)
• Dutch: televisie m
• Esperanto: televido
• Finnish: televisio
• French: télévision f (1, 3, fam. 2), téléviseur m (2)
• German: Fernsehen n (1, 3), Fernseher m (2)
• Greek: τηλεόραση f
• Guarani: terevi (1,2,3)
• Hebrew: טלוויזיה f
• Interlingua: television (1,2,3), televisor (2)
• Italian: televisione f (1 - 3), televisore m (2); televisivo (when used as a modifier)
• Japanese: テレビ (terebi)
• Korean: 텔레비전
• Latin: televisio nom., televisionis gen.
• Polish: telewizija
• Portuguese: televisão f (1,2,3), televisor m (2); televisivo (when used as a modifier)
• Romanian: televiziune f
• Russian: телевидение n (televidenie)
• Scottish Gaelic: telebhisean m
• Spanish: televisión f (1, 3), televisor m (2)
• Swedish: television

  vô tuyến truyền hình [無線傳形], truyền hình (VN), Ti-Vi , TV

• Vietnamese2020: truyềnhình

  High Definition Television (HDTV) - truyềnhình độphângiải cao

  Standard Digital Television (SDTV) - truyềnhình số chuẩn

See also

• Wikipedia article on television