black-and-white television

English

Etymology

Retronym for television, coined after the invention of colour television to refer specifically to the type of television existing before then.

Noun

black-and-white television (countable and uncountable, plural black-and-white televisions)

a black-and-white television

1. A monochrome system of transmitting and receiving television signals.
2. A television set that displays only monochrome images.

Antonyms

• (system): color television, colour television
• (television set): color television, colour television

Translations

system

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑白電視／黑白电视 (zh) (hēibái diànshì)

• Finnish: mustavalkotelevisio
• German: Schwarz-Weiß-Fernsehen n
• Japanese: 白黒テレビ (shirokuro terebi)
• Korean: 흑백텔레비전 (ko) (heukbaektellebijeon)
• Polish: telewizja czarno-biała f
• Russian: чёрно-бе́лое телеви́дение n (čórno-béloje televídenije)

set

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑白電視／黑白电视 (zh) (hēibái diànshì), 黑白電視機／黑白电视机 (hēibái diànshìjī)

• Finnish: mustavalkotelevisio
• German: Schwarz-Weiß-Fernseher m
• Polish: telewizor czarno-biały m
• Russian: чёрно-бе́лый телеви́зор m (čórno-bélyj televízor)