TV

See also: tv, .tv, tv., and Tv.

Translingual

Etymology 1

Symbol

TV

1. (metrology) Symbol for teravolt, an SI unit of electromotive force equal to 10¹² volts.

Etymology 2

Symbol

TV

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Tuvalu since 1977.

   Synonym: TUV (alpha-3)

English

Alternative forms

• T.V.

Etymology

Abbreviation, from television.

Pronunciation

• enPR: tē'vēʹ, IPA^(key): /ˌtiːˈviː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US):

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• (Southern US) IPA^(key): /ˈti.vi/
• Rhymes: -iː, (Southern American English) -iːvi

Noun

TV (countable and uncountable, plural TVs)

1. (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

2. (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!

3. (physiology) Initialism of tidal volume.
4. Initialism of tax value.
5. (pop culture, music) Initialism of Taylor's Version.

Derived terms

• appointment TV
• cable TV
• dish TV
• linear TV
• made-for-TV
• Prestige TV
• slow TV
• TVaholic
• TV dinner
• TV evangelism
• TV evangelist
• TV land
• TV rock
• VBTV

 

Descendants

• → Thai: ทีวี (tii-wii)
• → Vietnamese: ti vi

Translations

abbreviation for television

• Assamese: টিভি (tibhi)
• Belarusian: ТБ n (TB)
• Burmese: တီဗီ (tibi)
• Catalan: TV (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電視／电视 (zh) (diànshì)

• Danish: tv (da) n
• Dutch: tv (nl) f, teevee (nl) f
• Finnish: TV (fi)
• French: télé (fr) f
• German: TV (de) n
• Gujarati: ટીવી n (ṭīvī)
• Hebrew: טלוויזיה (he) f (televizia)
• Hindi: टीवी m (ṭīvī)
• Ido: TV (io)
• Interlingua: TV
• Italian: TV (it) f, tivù f
• Japanese: テレビ (ja) (terebi), テレビジョン (ja) (terebijon)
• Korean: 텔레비 (tellebi), 티브이 (ko) (tibeu'i), 티비 (tibi), 텔레비전 (ko) (tellebijeon), 티뷔 (tibwi)
• Latvian: TV
• Norwegian: TV, teve
• Portuguese: TV f, tevê (pt) f
• Russian: ТВ (ru) n (TV)
• Scottish Gaelic: tbh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ТВ

  Roman: TV

• Sinhalese: ටීවී (ṭīwī)
• Spanish: tele (es), tv f
• Swedish: tv (sv), teve (sv)
• Tagalog: TV
• Telugu: టీ.వీ. (ṭī.vī.)
• Thai: ทีวี (th) (tii-wii)
• Turkish: TV (tr)
• Ukrainian: ТБ n (TB)
• Vietnamese: truyền hình (vi) (傳形), TV (vi)
• Walloon: tévé (wa) f
• Welsh: teli m
• White Hmong: this vis
• Yup'ik: tiiviiq

abbreviation for transvestite

• Dutch: travo (nl) m
• Finnish: transu (fi)
• German: Transe (de) f
• Swedish: T (sv)

See also

• telly

Anagrams

• VT, Vt., v.t., vt, vt.

Finnish

Etymology

Abbreviation of televisio (“television”)

Noun

TV

1. TV (abbreviation for television)

Declension

Inflection of TV (Kotus type filee) singular plural nominative TV TV:t genitive TV:n TV:iden TV:itten partitive TV:tä TV:itä accusative TV TV:n TV:t inessive TV:ssä TV:issä elative TV:stä TV:istä illative TV:hen TV:seen TV:ihin TV:isiin adessive TV:llä TV:illä ablative TV:ltä TV:iltä allative TV:lle TV:ille essive TV:nä TV:inä translative TV:ksi TV:iksi abessive TV:ttä TV:ittä instructive – TV:in comitative – TV:ineen

Derived terms

compounds

• maksu-TV
• TV-opas

 

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te.ve/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

TV f (plural TV)

1. (North America and Belgium, informal) television

   Synonym: télé

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈte.ve/, [ˈt̪e.fe]

Noun

TV

1. (communication) Initialism of televisi (“television”).

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^**/tivˈvu/^*, ^**/tiˈvu/^*
• Rhymes: -u

Noun

TV f (invariable)

1. (informal) television

   Synonyms: televisione, tivù

Japanese

Noun

TV(テレビ) • (terebi) 

1. Abbreviation of テレビ (“TV”).

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• tv

Etymology

Abbreviation of televisjon

Noun

TV m (definite singular TV-en, indefinite plural TV-er, definite plural TV-ene)

1. TV (television set)
2. television (program broadcasting)

   Han vil se på TV.

   He wants to watch television.

Synonyms

• fjernsyn

References

• “TV” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• tv

Etymology

Abbreviation of televisjon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteːˈʋeː/
• (Standard Eastern) IPA^(key): [ˈtêːˈʋěː]

Noun

TV m (definite singular TV-en, indefinite plural TV-ar, definite plural TV-ane)

1. TV (television set)
2. television (program broadcasting)

   Dei likar ikkje å sjå på TV.

   They don't like to watch television.

Synonyms

• fjernsyn

References

• “TV” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

TV

Alternative forms

• tv

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English TV.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛˈfaw/, /tɛˈvu/, /tiˈvi/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aw, -u, -i
• Syllabification: T‧V

Noun

TV f (indeclinable)

1. television (electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound)

   Synonym: telewizja

2. television (institution engaged in the preparation and transmission of television programs)

   Synonym: telewizja

3. television, television set (electronic device that receives television signals and displays the resulting images on a screen)

   Synonyms: pudło, telewizor

Adjective

TV (not comparable, no derived adverb)

1. (relational, postpositive) televisual; television (electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound)

   Synonym: telewizyjny

2. (relational, postpositive) televisual; television (institution engaged in the preparation and transmission of television programs)

   Synonym: telewizyjny

3. (relational, postpositive) televisual; television, television set (electronic device that receives television signals and displays the resulting images on a screen)

   Synonym: telewizorowy

Further reading

• TV in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• TV in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• tevê
• tv

Etymology

Initialism of televisão.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /teˈve/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨˈve/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨˈve/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨˈbe/ [tɨˈβe]

Noun

TV f (plural TVs)

1. TV

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

TV m (Cyrillic spelling ТВ)

1. TV

Swedish

Alternative forms

• teve, tv

Etymology

Abbreviation of television, borrowed from English television, attested since 1923.

Noun

TV c

1. TV

   Synonyms: television, televisionsapparat

   Holonym: etermedia

   Han såg det på TV:en.

   He saw it on the TV.

Derived terms

• 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”)

References

• TV in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• TV in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from English TV.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ti˧˧ vi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tɪj˧˧ vɪj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tɪj˧˧ vɪj˧˧] ~ [tɪj˧˧ jɪj˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: ti vi

Noun

(classifier chiếc) TV

1. Initialism of ti-vi.

Synonyms

• vô tuyến truyền hình [無線傳形]
• truyền hình (VN)