televisor

English

Etymology

Appears to have been coined byJohn Logie Bairdin 1926 or earlier.

Noun

televisor(pluraltelevisors)

1. (dated)Atelevision set.
2. A televisionbroadcasterortelecaster.
   • 2004,Michael Ashley, Robert A. W. Lowndes,The Gernsback Days:

     The station announcer, asking the performer to stand before thetelevisor,will say before the microphone that Mr. So-and-so is being televised.

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/telebiˈsoɾ/,[t̪e.le.β̞iˈsoɾ]
• Rhymes:-oɾ
• Hyphenation:te‧le‧vi‧sor

Noun

televisorm(pluraltelevisores)

1. television set

Related terms

• televisión

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Central)[tə.lə.βiˈzo]
• IPA^(key):(Balearic)[tə.lə.viˈzo]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[te.le.viˈzoɾ]

Noun

televisorm(pluraltelevisors)

1. atelevision set

   Synonym:televisió

Galician

Noun

televisorm(pluraltelevisores)

1. television set

   Synonyms:televisión,tele

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/te.le.viˈzoʁ/[te.le.viˈzoh]

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/te.le.viˈzoʁ/[te.le.viˈzoh]
  • (São Paulo)IPA^(key):/te.le.viˈzoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro)IPA^(key):/te.le.viˈzoʁ/[te.le.viˈzoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil)IPA^(key):/te.le.viˈzoɻ/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/tɨ.lɨ.viˈzoɾ/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/tɨ.lɨ.viˈzoɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal)IPA^(key):/tɨ.lɨ.biˈzoɾ/[tɨ.lɨ.βiˈzoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal)IPA^(key):/tɨ.lɨ.viˈzo.ɾi/

Noun

televisorm(pluraltelevisores)

1. atelevision set

See also

• televisão

Spanish

Etymology

Fromtele-+‎visor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/telebiˈsoɾ/[t̪e.le.β̞iˈsoɾ]

• Audio(Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-oɾ
• Syllabification:te‧le‧vi‧sor

Noun

televisorm(pluraltelevisores)

1. television set,TV set,television receiver,television,(colloquial)telly(a device for receiving television signals and displaying them in visual form)

   Synonyms:televisión,tele

   • 1973,“Cuando Ya Me Empiece a Quedar Solo”, inConfesiones de Invierno,performed bySui Generis:

     Untelevisorinútil / Eléctrica compañía / La radio a todo volumen / Y una prisión que no es mía

     (pleaseadd an English translationof this quotation)

Further reading

• “televisor”,inDiccionario de la lengua española[Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7,Royal Spanish Academy[Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28