tv

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (CA)

  (file)

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

tv (countable and uncountable, plural tvs)

1. Alternative form of TV.
   • 2015, E L. Risden, “Introduction. The ‘Author of the Century’ in His Century: Extending the Intellectual Landscape”, in Tolkien’s Intellectual Landscape, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, →ISBN, page 16:

     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.

   • 2023, Isabel Waidner, Corey Fah Does Social Mobility, Hamish Hamilton, page 73:

     Besides, I’m not a tv presenter, but a writer, in case you haven’t noticed.

Anagrams

• VT, Vt., v.t., vt, vt.

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

tv

Wikipedia ^da

Etymology

Abbreviation for television.

Noun

tv n (singular definite tv'et, plural indefinite tv'er)

1. TV

Inflection

Synonyms

• fjernsyn

Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

tv

1. Abbreviation of televisie.

Descendants

• → Caribbean Javanese: tévé

Finnish

Alternative forms

• TV

Etymology

See TV.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteːˌʋeː/,

Noun

tv

1. TV, television

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “tv”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Greenlandic

Noun

tv

1. television
   • 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:

     Immaqa imaassinnaavoq aamma nunattinni tv-mik isiginnaartartut periarfissinneqarumaartut takusinnaasallugu.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• TV (nonstandard but fairly common)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

tv (plural tv-k)

1. television, TV

   Synonyms: tévé, televízió

Declension

See also

• tv. (abbreviation of törvény (“law, act”))

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Abbreviation of televisjon

Noun

tv m (definite singular tv-en, indefinite plural tv-er, definite plural tv-ene)

1. Alternative form of TV

Synonyms

• fjernsyn

References

• “tv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Abbreviation of televisjon

Noun

tv m (definite singular tv-en, indefinite plural tv-ar, definite plural tv-ane)

1. Alternative letter-case form of TV

Synonyms

• fjernsyn

References

• “tv” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Noun

tv f (plural tvs)

1. Alternative letter-case form of TV

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈbe/
  • Rhymes: -e
• IPA^(key): /teˈube/
  • Rhymes: -ube

Noun

tv f (uncountable)

1. (television): TV

   Synonym: tele

Swedish

Alternative forms

• teve

Etymology

Abbreviation for television.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteːˌveː/, /ˈteːˌvɛ/

Noun

tv c

1. television
2. a TV set, a telly
3. Archaic spelling of du (“you”).
   • 1649, Jacobus Petri Chronander, Bele-Snack, Eller Een Ny Comœdia, act I, scene IV, page 40:

     TV Konstrijke Mästare, godt rådh giff,
     Skall man nu skona thenna skelmens lijff?

     YOU artful Master, good counsel give,
     Should one now spare this scoundrel's life?

Declension

Anagrams

• v.t.

West Frisian

Etymology

Abbreviation of telefyzje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteːfeː/

Noun

tv c (plural tv's, diminutive tv'ke)

1. TV