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television
- /ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən/
- /ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən/
- /ˌtɛlɪˈvɪʒən/
- /ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən/
Rhymes with -ɪʒən
Where it comes from
From tele- + vision. First attested in 1900, probably influenced by French télévision from Constantin Perskyi's 1900 paper that was unpublished but presented at a Paris conference.
noun televisions
- An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound. She watched television for over five hours last night.
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An electronic home entertainment device equipped with a screen and a speaker for receiving television signals and displaying them in audio-visual form.
I have an old television in the study.
Similar: television set, TV set, idiot box
- Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television. fifty-seven channels and nothing on television
- Vision at a distance. Half an hour with the manager of Faith Brothers had had the effect of studding the sergeant's habitual simplicity of words and phrases with amazing jewels of technicality. He talked gladly of "lines" and "repeats" and similar profundities, so that Grant had, through his bulk, in a queer television a
Similar: boob tube, cultural barbiturate, electric tit, electronic babysitter, glass teat, goggle box, idiot box, idiot's lantern, magic box, shit box, television set, telly, the box, the tube, TV, zombie box
verb televisions · televisioning · televisioned
- To watch television.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: television set, idiot box, goggle box, telly, tv, video, tv set, boob tube, telecasting, television receiver, television system, tele, teevee, programming, broadcaster, pay-tv
noun
Similar: boob tube, cultural barbiturate, electric tit, electronic babysitter, glass teat, goggle box, idiot box, idiot's lantern, magic box, shit box, television set, telly, the box, the tube, TV, zombie box
Translations
Every language
noun medium
| Español | televisión, tele |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 텔레비전 tellebijeon, 티브이 tibeu'i, 티비 tibi, 티뷔 tibwi, 테레비 terebi, 텔레비 tellebi |
| 日本語 | テレビジョン terebijon, テレビ terebi, 電視 denshi |
| 中文 | 電視 /电视 diànshì |
| हिन्दी | टेलिविजन ṭelivijan, टेलीविज़न ṭelīvizan, दूरदर्शन dūrdarśan, टीवी ṭīvī |
| Kiswahili | televisheni, runinga |
| Português | televisão |
| Français | télévision, télé |
| Deutsch | Fernsehen, Television |
| Italiano | televisione, tivù |
| Ελληνικά | τηλεόραση tileórasi |
| Română | televiziune |
| Русский | телеви́дение televídenije |
| Tiếng Việt | truyền hình, TV, ti vi, vô tuyến truyền hình |
| العربية | تِلْفَاز tilfāz, تِلِفِزْيُون tilifizyūn, تَلْفَزَة talfaza |
| עברית | טלוויזיה, טֶלֶוִיזְיָה televízya |
noun program broadcasting
| Español | televisión, tele |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 텔레비전 tellebijeon |
| 日本語 | テレビジョン terebijon |
| 中文 | 電視 /电视 diànshì |
| Kiswahili | televisheni |
| Português | televisão |
| Français | télévision |
| Deutsch | Fernsehen |
| Italiano | televisione |
| Ελληνικά | τηλεόραση tileórasi |
| Română | televiziune |
| Русский | телеви́дение televídenije |
| Tiếng Việt | truyền hình, TV, ti-vi, vô tuyến truyền hình, phát hình |
| العربية | تِلْفَاز tilfāz, تِلِفِزْيُون tilifizyūn |
| עברית | טלוויזיה \ טֶלֶוִיזְיָה televízya |
noun device for receiving television signals
| Español | televisión, tele |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 텔레비전 tellebijeon, 티비 tibi, 티뷔 tibwi, 텔레비 tellebi, 수상기 susanggi |
| 日本語 | テレビ terebi, テレビセット terebisetto, 受像機 juzōki |
| 中文 | 電視機 /电视机 diànshìjī |
| हिन्दी | दूरदर्शन dūrdarśan, टेलिविजन सेट ṭelivijan seṭ |
| Kiswahili | runinga, televisheni |
| Português | televisor, televisão, aparelho televisor |
| Français | téléviseur, télévision (fam.), télé, poste de télévision, poste |
| Deutsch | Fernseher, Fernsehgerät, Fernsehapparat, Glotze |
| Italiano | televisore, tivù |
| Ελληνικά | τηλεόραση tileórasi |
| Română | televizor |
| Русский | телеви́зор televízor, те́лик télik, телевизио́нный приёмник televiziónnyj prijómnik |
| Tiếng Việt | máy thu hình, TV, ti-vi |
| العربية | تِلْفَاز tilfāz, تِلِفِزْيُون tilifizyūn, جِهَاز تِلِفِزْيُون jihāz tilifizyūn |
| עברית | טלוויזיה \ טֶלֶוִיזְיָה televízya |
verb to watch television
| Español | ver la televisión |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 텔레비전을 보다 tellebijeon-eul boda |
| 日本語 | テレビを見る terebi o miru |
| 中文 | 看電視 /看电视 kàn diànshì |
| Kiswahili | kutazama televisheni |
| Français | regarder la télévision |
| Deutsch | fernsehen |
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title = {television},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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