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TV^¹

/ˌtiːˈviː/
/ˈti.vi/ Southern US

Rhymes with -iː, (Southern American English) -iːvi

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Abbreviation, from television.

noun TVs · T.V. · teevee · teevy

abbreviation, colloquial, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of television I saw an ad for that on TV.
abbreviation, countable, initialism Initialism of tricuspid valve 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.
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of tidal volume
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of tax value
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Taylor's Version
abbreviation, countable, dated Abbreviation of transvestite […] my observations of married TVs and their wives among our friends […]

tv^²

/tiviː/ UK
/tivi/ US

Rhymes with -iː

noun tvs

alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of TV The fantasy trilogy hasn’t disappeared; it has gained momentum and in some instances become a dodecalogy, and the material of modern fantasy has spread from print to subway graffiti, role-playing games, film, tv, and online culture.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: idiot box, telly, goggle box, video, tv set, television, television set, boob tube, telecasting, television receiver, cbs, wabc, wnbc, tube, gogglebox, small screen

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noun abbreviation for television

Español	tele, tv
한국어	티비 tibi, 티뷔 tibwi, 티브이 tibeu'i, 텔레비 tellebi, 텔레비전 tellebijeon
日本語	テレビ terebi, テレビジョン terebijon
中文	電視 /电视 diànshì
हिन्दी	टीवी ṭīvī
Português	TV, tevê
Français	télé
Deutsch	TV
Italiano	TV, tivù
Tiếng Việt	truyền hình, TV
עברית	טלוויזיה televizia

noun abbreviation for transvestite

Deutsch	Transe

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APA

tv. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tv

Chicago

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BibTeX

@misc{tv_2026,
  title = {tv},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tv},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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