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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From daleko + vid + -an + -ica. Calque of German Fernseher. Entered usage in 1990s and 2000s in Croatia as a purist alternative to televizija.
Pronunciation
Noun
dalekovídnica f (Cyrillic spelling далекови́дница)
- (Croatia, neologism, rare) television
- Synonym: televizija
1970 studeni-prosinac, Tomislav Ladan, “Ante Starčević (državnik, govornik, književnik)”, in Kritika, number 15, Zagreb: Društvo književnika Hrvatske, page 792:ona se toliko razglašuje preko naše sve nazočnije dalekovidnice, naših ozvučenih postaja, našeg jednobojnog i višebojnog tiska,- it is publicised so much across our ever more present television, our radio stations, our monochrome and polychrome press
2011, Mirko Tomasović, “Napabirčena klepotina (Enciclopedia della letteratura, Garzanti editore, 2007)”, in Colloquia Maruliana, volume 20, Split: Književni krug Split - Marulianum, page 343:snimatelj emisija za talijansku dalekovidnicu- a cinematographer of Italian television programmes
Usage notes
- The term can be used ironically, particularly in reference to the television programmes of the state-owned Croatian Radiotelevision (Hrvatska radiotelevizija).
Declension
Declension of dalekovidnica