television

See also:televisión,télévision,andtélévîsion

English

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television

Etymology

Fromtele-+‎vision;first attested in 1900, probably influenced byFrenchtélévisionfromConstantin Perskyi's 1900 paper that was unpublished but presented at a Paris conference.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):/ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən/,/ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən/,/ˌtɛlɪˈvɪʒən/,/ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən/
Audio(UK): (file)
Audio(US): (file)
Rhymes:-ɪʒən

Noun

television(countableanduncountable,pluraltelevisions)

(uncountable,broadcasting)An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound.
It's a good thing thattelevisiondoesn't transmit smell.
(countable)An electronic home entertainment device equipped with ascreenand aspeakerfor receiving television signals and displaying them inaudio-visualform.
I have an oldtelevisionin the study.
(uncountable)Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television.
fifty-seven channels and nothing ontelevision
(uncountable,dated)Vision at a distance.
- 1929,Josephine Tey,The Man in the Queue:
  Half an hour with the manager of Faith Brothers had had the effect of studding the sergeant's habitual simplicity of words and phrases with amazing jewels of technicality. He talked gladly of "lines" and "repeats" and similar profundities, so that Grant had, through his bulk, in a queertelevisiona vivid picture of the manager himself.
- 1943,Elizabeth Hazelton Haight,Essays on the Greek Romances,Longmans, Green and Co., page165:
  […]the magic mirror[…]which furnished himtelevisionof his family and country

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Derived terms

Related terms

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

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Afrikaans:televisie
Albanian:televizion(sq)m
Amharic:ቴሌቪዥን(televižn)
Arabic:تِلْفَاز(ar)m(tilfāz),تِلِفِزْيُون(ar)m(tilifizyūn),تَلْفَزَةf(talfaza)
Hijazi Arabic:تلفزيونm(tilfizyōn)

Moroccan Arabic:تلفزة(talfaza)
Aragonese:televisiónf
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:ܦܪܵܣܚܸܙܘܵܐm(prasḳizwa)

Classical Syriac:ܦܪܣ ܚܙܘܐ
Armenian:հեռուստատեսություն(hy)(heṙustatesutʻyun)
Assamese:টিভি(tibhi),দূৰদৰ্শন(durodorxon)
Asturian:televisiónf,televisorm,televisiónf
Azerbaijani:
Cyrillic:телевизија

Latin:televiziya(az)
Bashkir:телевидение(televideniye)
Basque:telebista
Belarusian:тэлеба́чаннеn(teljebáčannje),тэлеві́зіяf(teljevízija)
Bengali:টেলিভিশন(bn)(ṭelibhiśon),টিভি(bn)(ṭibhi),দূরদর্শন(bn)(durdorśon)
Breton:skinwel(br)
Bulgarian:телеви́зия(bg)f(televízija)
Burmese:တယ်လီဗီးရှင်း(my)(tailibi:hrang:),ရုပ်မြင်သံကြား(my)(rupmrangsamkra:),တယ်လီဗစ်ရှင်း(tailibachrang:),တီဗီ(tibi),တီဗွီ(tibwi)
Buryat:телевиз(tjeljeviz)
Carpathian Rusyn:телеві́зіяf(televízija)
Catalan:televisió(ca)f
Central Melanau:telibisien
Cherokee:ᎠᏓᏴᎳᏛᏍᎩ(adayvladvsgi)
Chinese:
Cantonese:TV／TV(din⁶si⁶)

Dungan:дяншы(di͡anšɨ),телевидение(ti͡əli͡əvidi͡ənii͡ə)

Eastern Min:TV／TV(diêng-sê)

Hakka:TV／TV(thien-sṳ)

Hokkien:TV／TV(zh-min-nan)(tiān-sī)

Mandarin:TV／TV(zh)(diànshì)

Wu:TV／TV(⁶di-zy)
Chuvash:телекурӑм(telek̬urăm)
Cia-Cia:뗄레ᄫᅵ시(televisi)
Cornish:pellwolokf,televisyonm
Crimean Tatar:telekörüv
Czech:televize(cs)f
Danish:tv(da)n,fjernsyn(da)n,television(da)c,tv-skærmc
Dutch:televisie(nl)f,kijkbuis(nl)(colloquial),beeldomroepm(dated)
Esperanto:televido,televizio(eo),(attributive)televida
Estonian:televisioon(et)
Faroese:sjónvarpn
Finnish:televisio(fi)
French:télévision(fr)f,télé(fr)f
Fula:
Adlam:𞤼𞤫𞤤𞤫𞤱𞤭𞤧𞤭𞤴𞤮𞤲

Roman:telewisiyon
Galician:televisión(gl)f,tele(gl)f
Georgian:ტელევიზია(ṭelevizia)
German:Fernsehen(de)n,Television(de)f
Gilbertese:te tamnei
Greek:τηλεόραση(el)f(tileórasi)
Guaraní:terevi,ta'ãngambyry
Guiqiong:diɐnsi
Gujarati:દૂરદર્શન(dūrdarśan)
Haitian Creole:televizyon
Hebrew:טלוויזיה / טֶלֶוִיזְיָה(he)f(televízya)
Hindi:टेलिविजन(hi)(ṭelivijan),टेलीविज़न(ṭelīvizan),दूरदर्शन(hi)(dūrdarśan),टीवी(ṭīvī)
Hungarian:televízió(hu),tévé(hu)
Icelandic:sjónvarp(is)n,imbakassim
Ido:televiziono(io)
Iloco:telebision
Indonesian:televisi(id)
Ingrian:televizora
Interlingua:television
Irish:teilifís(ga)f
Italian:televisione(it)f,tivùf
Japanese:テレビジョン(ja)(terebijon),テレビ(ja)(terebi)(popular),TV(ja)(でんし, denshi)(obsolete)
Kalmyk:телеүзгдл(teleüzgdl)
Kannada:ದೂರದರ್ಶನ(kn)(dūradarśana)
Kazakh:теледидар(kk)(teledidar),телевидение(televidenie)
Khmer:តេឡេ(teelee),ទូរទស្សន៍(km)(tuurĕəʼtŭəh)
Korean:텔레비전(ko)(tellebijeon),텔레비죤(ko)(tellebijon)(North Korea),티브이(ko)(tibeu'i),티비(tibi),티뷔(tibwi),테레비(ko)(terebi),텔레비(tellebi),전시( TV )(ko)(jeonsi)(obsolete)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish:televizyon(ku)f
Kyrgyz:сыналгы(ky)(sınalgı),телевидение(ky)(televideniye)
Lao:ໂທລະທັດ(lo)(thō la that),ທີວີ(thī wī),ໂທລະພາບ(thō la phāp)
Latin:tēlevīsiōf
Latvian:televīzijaf,tālrādef
Lithuanian:televizijaf
Low German:
German Low German:Feernseher
Lü:ᦶᦎᧃᧈᦉᦹᧈ(ṫaen¹ṡue¹)
Luxembourgish:Televisioun(lb)
Macedonian:телевизијаf(televizija)
Malagasy:fahitalavitra(mg)
Malay:televisyen(ms)(Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore),televisi(ms)(Riau and Sumatra)
Malayalam:ടെലിവിഷൻ(ml)(ṭeliviṣaṉ)
Maltese:televixin,televiżjonif
Manx:chellveeishf
Maori:pouaka whakaata
Marathi:दूरचित्रवाणी(dūrcitravāṇī)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic:телевиз(mn)(televiz),зурагт(mn)(zuragt)
Nahuatl:huehcaīxipcaxitl(nah)
Navajo:níłchʼi naalkidí
Nepali:टेलिभिजन(ne)(ṭelebhidzan),टीभि(ṭibhi),दूरदर्शन(durdarsan)
Norman:télévîsionf
Northern Sami:televišuvdna
Norwegian:
Bokmål:fjernsyn(no)n,TVm,televisjonm

Nynorsk:fjernsynn,TVm,televisjon(sv)
Occitan:television(oc)f
Odia:ଦୂରଦର୍ଶନ(or)(duradarśana)
Pannonian Rusyn:телевизияf(televizija)
Papiamentu:televishon
Pashto:تلويزيون(ps)m(talwizyun)
Pennsylvania German:guckbax
Persian:
Dari:تَلوِیزْیُون(phát)(talwīzyūn)

Iranian Persian:تِلِویزْیون(phát)(televizyon)
Polish:telewizja(pl)f
Portuguese:televisão(pt)f
Quechua:tiliwisiyun,ñawikaruy
Romanian:televiziune(ro)f
Russian:телеви́дение(ru)n(televídenije),ТВ(ru)n(TV)
S'gaw Karen:ကွဲၤဟူဖျါ(kweh̄ hoo hplah)
Samoan:televise
Santali:ᱧᱮᱱᱮᱞᱚᱢ(ñenelôm)
Scots:televeesion
Scottish Gaelic:telebhiseanm,cian-dhealbhf
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:телеви́зијаf

Roman:televízija(sh)f
Shona:tiivhii
Sicilian:tilivisiunif,tivvùf
Sinhalese:රූපවාහිනිය(si)(rūpawāhiniya),ටීවී(ṭīwī),ටෙලි(ṭeli)
Slovak:televíziaf
Slovene:televizija(sl)f
Sotho:televishene
Spanish:televisión(es)f,tele(es)f
Sranan Tongo:teifei,teilefisi,telefisi
Swahili:televisheni(sw),runinga(sw)
Swedish:television(sv)c
Sylheti:ꠐꠤꠜꠤ(ṭibí)
Tagalog:telebisyon
Tajik:телевизион(tg)(televizion)
Tamil:தொலைக்காட்சி(ta)(tolaikkāṭci),(Singapore)தொலைநோக்கி(ta)(tolainōkki)
Tatar:телевидение(telewideniye)
Telugu:టెలివిజన్(te)(ṭelivijan),దూరదర్శిని(te)(dūradarśini)
Thai:โทรทัศน์(th)(too-rá-tát),ทีวี(th)(tii-wii),สื่อโทรทัศน์
Tibetan:བརྙན་འཕྲིན(brnyan 'phrin)
Tigrinya:ተለቪዥን(tälävižn)
Tsonga:mavonakule
Turkish:televizyon(tr)
Turkmen:televideniýe
Cyrillic:телевидение
Ukrainian:телеба́ченняn(telebáčennja),телеві́зіяf(televízija)
Urdu:ٹیلی وِیژَنf(ṭelī vīźan),بَعِید نُما(ba'īd numā),دُور نُمائیf(dūr numāī)
Uyghur:تېلېۋىزىيە(tëlëwiziye)
Uzbek:televideniye(uz)
Cyrillic:телевидение(uz)(televideniye)
Vietnamese:truyền hình(vi)(Truyền hình),TV(vi),ti vi(vi),vô tuyến truyền hình(Vô tuyến truyền hình)
Volapük:televid
Welsh:teledu(cy)m
West Frisian:televyzje
Yakut:телевидение(televideniye)
Yiddish:טעלעוויזיעf(televizye)
Yoruba:àfigbéwòran,tẹlifíṣọ̀n
Zhuang:densi
Zulu:thelevishini

device for receiving television signals

Afrikaans:televisie
Albanian:televizor(sq)m
Arabic:تِلْفَاز(ar)m(tilfāz),تِلِفِزْيُون(ar)m(tilifizyūn),جِهَاز تِلِفِزْيُونm(jihāz tilifizyūn)
Armenian:հեռուստացույց(hy)(heṙustacʻuycʻ)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:ܦܪܵܣܚܸܙܘܵܐm(prasḳizwa)
Asturian:televisorm,televisiónf,televisorm
Azerbaijani:televizor(az)
Cyrillic:телевизор
Bashkir:телевизор(televizor)
Basque:telebista
Bavarian:Fernseham
Belarusian:тэлеві́зарm(teljevízar)
Bengali:টেলিভিশন সেট(ṭelibhiśon seṭ),টেলিভিশন(bn)(ṭelibhiśon)
Bulgarian:телеви́зор(bg)m(televízor)
Catalan:televisió(ca)f,televisor(ca)m
Central Dusun:televisyen
Cherokee:ᎠᏓᏴᎳᏛᏍᎩ(adayvladvsgi)
Chichewa:wailesi ya kanema
Chinese:
Cantonese:TV／TV(din⁶si⁶gei¹)

Dungan:дяншыҗи(di͡anšɨži),телевизор(ti͡əli͡əvizor)

Hokkien:TV／TV(zh-min-nan)(tiān-sī-ki)

Mandarin:TV／TV(zh)(diànshìjī)

Wu:TV／TV(⁶di-zy-ci)

Xiang:TV／TV(dienn⁴shr⁴ji¹)
Cia-Cia:뗄레ᄫᅵ시(televisi)
Cornish:pellwolokf,televisyonm
Cree:ᒋᑲᐢᑌᐸᔨᒋᑲᐣ(cikastepayicikan)
Czech:televizor(cs)m,televize(cs)f,televizní přijímačm
Danish:fjernsyn(da)n,tv(da)n,tv-apparatn
Dutch:televisie(nl)m
Esperanto:televidilo
Estonian:televiisor,teler
Faroese:sjónvarpstóln
Finnish:televisio(fi)
French:téléviseur(fr)m,télévision(fr)f(fam.),télé(fr)f,poste de télévision(fr)m,poste(fr)m
Galician:televisor(gl)m,televisión(gl)f,tele(gl)f
Georgian:ტელევიზორი(ṭelevizori)
German:Fernseher(de)m,Fernsehgerät(de)n,Fernsehapparat(de)m,Glotze(de)f(informal)
Greek:τηλεόραση(el)f(tileórasi)
Greenlandic:fjernsyni
Guaraní:terevi
Gujarati:ટેલિવિઝનn(ṭelivijhan),દૂરદર્શનn(dūrdarśan)(neologism, rare)
Hebrew:טלוויזיה \ טֶלֶוִיזְיָה(he)f(televízya)
Hindi:दूरदर्शन(hi)(dūrdarśan),टेलिविजन सेट(ṭelivijan seṭ)
Hungarian:tévékészülék(hu),tévé(hu),televízió(hu),tv(hu)
Icelandic:sjónvarp(is),sjónvarpstæki(is)n
Ido:televidilo(io),televiziono(io)
Iloco:telebisor
Indonesian:televisi(id)
Ingrian:televizora
Interlingua:televisor
Irish:teilifíseán(ga)m
Italian:televisore(it)m,tivùf
Japanese:テレビ(ja)(terebi),テレビセット(terebisetto),Chịu giống cơ(ja)(じゅぞうき, juzōki)
Kalmyk:зургт(zurgt)
Kamba:tivii,tivii
Kazakh:телевизор(televizor),теледидар(kk)(teledidar)
Khmer:ទូរទស្សន៍(km)(tuurĕəʼtŭəh)
Kikuyu:tivii
Korean:텔레비전(ko)(tellebijeon),텔레비죤(ko)(tellebijon)(North Korea),티비(tibi),티뷔(tibwi),텔레비(tellebi),수상기( chịu giống cơ )(ko)(susanggi)
Kyrgyz:телевизор(ky)(televizor)
Lao:ເຄື່ອງທີວີ(khư̄ang thī wī)
Latin:tēlevīsōriumn,tēlevīstrumn,tēlevīsiōf
Latvian:televizorsmtālrādis(lv)m
Lithuanian:televizorius(lt)m
Lü:ᦶᦎᧃᧈᦉᦹᧈ(ṫaen¹ṡue¹)
Luhya:etivii
Luxembourgish:Televisiounsapparat
Macedonian:телеви́зорm(televízor)
Malay:televisyen(ms),peti gambar
Malayalam:ടെലിവിഷൻ(ml)(ṭeliviṣaṉ)
Maltese:televiżjonif
Manx:çhellveeishanm
Maori:taonga whakaata
Meru:tivii
Mongolian:
Cyrillic:телевизор(mn)(televizor),зурагт(mn)(zuragt)
Navajo:níłchʼi naalkidí
Norman:télévîsionf
Norwegian:
Bokmål:fjernsyn(no)n,TVm,fjernsynsapparatn

Nynorsk:fjernsynn,TVm,fjernsynsapparatm
Occitan:television(oc)f
Ojibwe:mazinaatesijigan
Persian:دورنمار
Dari:تَلوِیزِیُون(phát)(talwīziyūn)

Iranian Persian:تِلِویزیون(phát)(televizyon)
Polish:telewizor(pl)m
Portuguese:televisor(pt)m,televisão(pt)f,aparelho televisorm
Romanian:televizor(ro)n
Russian:телеви́зор(ru)m(televízor),те́лик(ru)m(télik)(colloquial),телевизио́нный приёмникm(televiziónnyj prijómnik)
Sami:
Kildin Sami:телевизэр(tjeljevizer)
Scots:televeesion,telly
Scottish Gaelic:telebhiseanm,cian-dhealbhf
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:телѐвӣзорm

Roman:telèvīzor(sh)m
Sicilian:tilivisurim,tivvùf
Slovak:televizorm
Slovene:televizorm,televizijski sprejemnikm
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian:telewizorm
Sotho:telebishene
Spanish:televisor(es)m,televisión(es)f,tele(es)f
Swahili:runinga(sw),televisheni(sw)
Swedish:television(sv),TV(sv)c,TV-apparat(sv)c
Tagalog:telebisor
Tajik:телевизор(tg)(televizor)
Tamil:தொலைக்காட்சிப் பெட்டி(tolaikkāṭcip peṭṭi)
Tatar:телевизор(telewizor)
Thai:โทรทัศน์(th)(too-rá-tát),เครื่องรับโทรทัศน์
Turkish:televizyon(tr),televizyon alıcısı(tr)
Turkmen:telewizor
Cyrillic:телевизор
Ukrainian:телеві́зорm(televízor)
Urdu:ٹیلی وِیژَن(ṭelī vīźan),دُور نُمائیf(dūr numāī)
Uyghur:تېلېۋىزور́(tëlëwizoŕ)
Uzbek:televizor(uz)
Cyrillic:телевизор(uz)(televizor)
Vietnamese:máy thu hình(vi),TV(vi),ti-vi
Volapük:televidöm
Welsh:teledu(cy)m,set deledum
Yiddish:טעלעוויזאָרm(televizor)
Yoruba:tẹlifíṣọ̀n,ẹ̀rọ amóhùnmáwòrán,tẹ́lì
Yup'ik:tiiviiq

program broadcasting

Albanian:televizion(sq)
Arabic:تِلْفَاز(ar)m(tilfāz),تِلِفِزْيُون(ar)m(tilifizyūn)
Armenian:հեռուստատեսություն(hy)(heṙustatesutʻyun)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:ܦܪܵܣܚܸܙܘܵܐm(prasḳizwa)
Basque:telebista
Bavarian:Fernsehnn
Bulgarian:телеви́зия(bg)f(televízija)
Catalan:televisió(ca)f
Chinese:
Cantonese:TV／TV(din⁶si⁶)

Mandarin:TV／TV(zh)(diànshì)
Cornish:pellwolokf,televisyonm
Corsican:televisionef
Czech:televize(cs)f
Danish:tv(da)n
Dutch:televisie(nl)m
Esperanto:televido
Faroese:sjónvarpn
Finnish:televisio(fi)
French:télévision(fr)f
Galician:televisión(gl)f,tele(gl)f
Georgian:ტელევიზია(ṭelevizia)
German:Fernsehen(de)n
Greek:τηλεόραση(el)f(tileórasi)
Guaraní:terevi
Hebrew:טלוויזיה \ טֶלֶוִיזְיָה(he)f(televízya)
Icelandic:sjónvarp(is)n
Interlingua:television
Irish:teilifís(ga)f
Italian:televisione(it)f
Japanese:テレビジョン(ja)(terebijon)
Korean:텔레비전(ko)(tellebijeon)
Latin:tēlevīsiōf
Macedonian:телевизијаf(televizija)
Malay:televisyen(ms)
Maltese:televiżiv
Manx:çhellveeishf
Navajo:níłchʼi naalkidí
Norman:télévîsionf,télévisiaonf
Norwegian:
Bokmål:fjernsyn(no)n,TVm

Nynorsk:fjernsynn,TVm
Occitan:television(oc)f
Persian:
Dari:تَلوِیزِیُون(phát)(talwīziyūn)

Iranian Persian:تِلِویزیون(phát)(televizyon)
Polish:telewizja(pl)f
Portuguese:televisão(pt)f
Romanian:televiziune(ro)f
Russian:телеви́дение(ru)n(televídenije)
Scots:televeesion,telly
Scottish Gaelic:telebhiseanm
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:телеви́зијаf

Roman:televízija(sh)f
Sicilian:tilivisiunif
Slovak:televíziaf
Spanish:televisión(es)f,tele(es)f
Swahili:televisheni(sw)
Swedish:television(sv)
Tagalog:telebisyon
Thai:โทรทัศน์(th)(too-rá-tát)
Ukrainian:телеба́ченняn(telebáčennja)
Urdu:دُور نُمائیf(dūr numāī),ٹیلی وِیژَنm(ṭelī vīźan)
Vietnamese:truyền hình(vi)(Truyền hình),TV(vi),ti-vi,vô tuyến truyền hình(Vô tuyến truyền hình),phát hình
Welsh:teledu(cy)m

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Ido:^{(pleaseverify)}televiziono(io)
Maori:^{(pleaseverify)}reo tātaki,^{(pleaseverify)}pouaka whakaata

Verb

television(third-person singular simple presenttelevisions,present participletelevisioning,simple past and past participletelevisioned)

(neologism,informal)To watch television.

References

^“television,n.”,inOED Online⁠,Oxford:Oxford University Press,June 2021;“television,n.”,inLexico,Dictionary;Oxford University Press,2019–2022.
^Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “television”,inOnline Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

olivenites

Finnish

Noun

television

genitive singularoftelevisio

Lombard

LombardWikipediahas an article on:

television

Wikipedia^lmo

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):/televiˈzjuːŋ/

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

Noun

television

television

Occitan

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

televisionf(pluraltelevisions)

television

Swedish

Etymology

FromEnglishtelevision,fromtele-+‎vision.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):/tɛlɛvɪˈɧuːn/

Audio: (file)

Noun

televisionc

television

Declension

Declension oftelevision
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	television	televisions
singular	definite	televisionen	televisionens
plural	indefinite	—	—
plural	definite	—	—

Related terms

teve
tv

[1] “television,n.”,inOED Online⁠,Oxford:Oxford University Press,June 2021;“television,n.”,inLexico,Dictionary;Oxford University Press,2019–2022.

[2] Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “television”,inOnline Etymology Dictionary.

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