TV
(Redirected from T.V.)
Translingual edit
Etymology 1 edit
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TV
- (metrology) Symbol for teravolt, an SI unit of electromotive force equal to 1012 volts.
Etymology 2 edit
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TV
- (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Tuvalu since 1977.
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Abbreviation, from television.
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: tē'vēʹ, IPA(key): /ˌtiːˈviː/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (US) (file) - (Southern American English) IPA(key): /ˈti.vi/
- Rhymes: -iː, (Southern American English) -iːvi
Noun edit
TV (countable and uncountable, plural TVs)
- (colloquial, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of television.
- I saw an ad for that on TV.
- 1985, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (lyrics and music), “The Sun Always Shines on T.V.”, in Hunting High and Low, performed by a-ha:
- Believe me, the sun always shines on TV
- (countable) Abbreviation of transvestite.
- 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
- She spoke of her male side as her "brother" as do older, more conventional TVs.
- 1986 April 12, David Anderson, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 18:
- I am in isolation and am lonely and would like to correspond with TVs, TSs and queens.
- 1996, Forced Womanhood, number 20, page 32:
- TV's who dominate and TV's who are dominated! TV's who are hot, sexy and horny as hell!
- 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
- (physiology) Initialism of tidal volume.
- Initialism of tax value.
- (pop culture, music) Initialism of Taylor's Version.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Thai: ทีวี (tii-wii)
Translations edit
abbreviation for television
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abbreviation for transvestite
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Finnish edit
Etymology edit
televisio (“television”)
Noun edit
TV
- TV (abbreviation for television)
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Declension of TV (type filee)
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compounds
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Noun edit
TV f (plural TV)
- (Canada and Belgium, informal) television
- Synonym: télé
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
TV f (invariable)
- (informal) television
- Synonyms: televisione, tivù
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- ^ TV in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Japanese edit
Noun edit
- Abbreviation of テレビ (“TV”).
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Abbreviation of televisjon
Noun edit
TV m (definite singular TV-en, indefinite plural TV-er, definite plural TV-ene)
- TV (television set)
- television (program broadcasting)
- Han vil se på TV.
- He wants to watch television.
Synonyms edit
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- “TV” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Abbreviation of televisjon
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
TV m (definite singular TV-en, indefinite plural TV-ar, definite plural TV-ane)
- TV (television set)
- television (program broadcasting)
- Dei likar ikkje å sjå på TV.
- They don't like to watch television.
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- “TV” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Initialism of televisão.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
TV f (plural TVs)
Serbo-Croatian edit
Noun edit
TV m (Cyrillic spelling ТВ)
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Abbreviation of television, borrowed from English television, attested since 1923.
Noun edit
TV c
- TV
- Synonyms: television, televisionsapparat
- Holonym: etermedia
- Han såg det på TV:en.
- He saw it on the TV.
Derived terms edit
- TV-antenn (“TV antenna”)
- TV-apparat (“TV set”)
- TV-bevakning (“CCTV”)
- TV-hus (“TV building; TV station”)
- TV-kanal (“TV channel”)
- TV-mast (“TV tower”)
- TV-program (“TV programme”)
- TV-reklam (“TV ad”)
- TV-shop (“TV shop”)
- TV-station (“TV station”)
- TV-studio (“TV studio”)
- TV-sändare (“TV broadcaster”)
- TV-sändning (“TV broadcast”)
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Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ti˧˧ vi˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tɪj˧˧ vɪj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tɪj˧˧ vɪj˧˧] ~ [tɪj˧˧ jɪj˧˧]
- Phonetic: ti vi
Noun edit
(classifier chiếc) TV
- Initialism of ti-vi.
Synonyms edit
- vô tuyến truyền hình [無線傳形]
- truyền hình (VN)