television
Etymology
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Etymology
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vision; first attested in 1900, probably influenced by French télévision from Constantin Perskyi's 1900 paper that was unpublished but presented at a Paris conference.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən/, /ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən/, /ˌtɛlɪˈvɪʒən/, /ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən/
television
- (uncountable, broadcasting) An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound.
- It's a good thing that television doesn't transmit smell.
(countable) 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.
- (uncountable) Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television.
- fifty-seven channels and nothing on television
- (uncountable, dated) Vision at a distance.
- boob tube
- the box
- cultural barbiturate
- electric tit
- electronic babysitter
- glass teat
- goggle box
- idiot box
- idiot's lantern
- magic box
- shit box
- television set
- telly
- the tube
- TV
- zombie box
- French: télévision, télé
- German: Fernsehen, Television
- Italian: televisione, tivù
- Portuguese: televisão
- Russian: телеви́дение
- Spanish: televisión, tele
- French: téléviseur, télévision (fam.), télé, poste de télévision, poste
- German: Fernseher, Fernsehgerät, Fernsehapparat, Glotze (informal)
- Italian: televisore, tivù
- Portuguese: televisor, televisão, aparelho televisor
- Russian: телеви́зор
- Spanish: televisor, televisión, tele
- French: télévision
- German: Fernsehen
- Italian: televisione
- Portuguese: televisão
- Russian: телеви́дение
- Spanish: televisión, tele
television (televisions, present participle televisioning; simple past and past participle televisioned)
- (neologism, informal) To watch television.
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