TV

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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)

  (file)

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• (Southern American English) 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

Descendants

• → Thai: ทีวี (tii-wii)

Translations

See also

• telly

Anagrams

• VT, Vt., v.t., vt, vt.

Finnish

Etymology

televisio (“television”)

Noun

TV

1. TV (abbreviation for television)

Declension

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te.ve/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

TV f (plural TV)

1. (Canada and Belgium, informal) television

   Synonym: télé

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

TV f (invariable)

1. (informal) television

   Synonyms: televisione, tivù

References

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):

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.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• tevê
• tv

Etymology

Initialism of televisão.

Pronunciation

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):
• (Huế) IPA^(key):
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): ~
• Phonetic: ti vi

Noun

(classifier chiếc) TV

1. Initialism of ti-vi.

Synonyms

• vô tuyến truyền hình
• truyền hình (VN)