televisor
English edit
Etymology edit
Appears to have been coined by John Logie Baird in 1926 or earlier.
Noun edit
televisor (plural televisors)
- (dated) A television set.
- A television broadcaster or telecaster.
- 2004, Michael Ashley, Robert A. W. Lowndes, The Gernsback Days:
- The station announcer, asking the performer to stand before the televisor, will say before the microphone that Mr. So-and-so is being televised.
Asturian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
televisor m (plural televisores)
Related terms edit
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [tə.lə.βiˈzo]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [tə.lə.viˈzo]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [te.le.viˈzoɾ]
Noun edit
televisor m (plural televisors)
- a television set
- Synonym: televisió
Galician edit
Noun edit
televisor m (plural televisores)
- television set
- Synonyms: televisión, tele
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
televisor m (plural televisores)
See also edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /telebiˈsoɾ/ [t̪e.le.β̞iˈsoɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: te‧le‧vi‧sor
Noun edit
televisor m (plural televisores)
- 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”, in Confesiones de Invierno, performed by Sui Generis:
- Un televisor inútil / Eléctrica compañía / La radio a todo volumen / Y una prisión que no es mía
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading edit
- “televisor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014