television

See also: televisión, télévision, and télévîsion

television - English

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən/, /ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən/, /ˌtɛlɪˈvɪʒən/, /ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən/

Noun

television (countable and uncountable, plural televisions)

(uncountable) 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) A device for receiving television signals and displaying them in 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.

Synonyms

boob tube
cultural barbiturate
electric tit
electronic babysitter
glass teat
goggle box
idiot box
idiot's lantern
magic box
television set
telly
the box
the shit box
the tube
TV

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Japanese: テレビジョン (terebijon)
→ Korean: 텔레비전 (tellebijeon)
→ Maltese: televixin
→ Swahili: televisheni
→ Yoruba: tẹlifíṣọ̀n

Translations

Afrikaans: televisie
Albanian: televizion (sq) m
Amharic: ቴሌቪዥን (televižn)
Arabic: تِلْفَاز‎ (ar) m (tilfāz), تِلِفِزْيُون‎ (ar) m (tilifizyūn), تَلْفَزَة‎ f (talfaza)
- Moroccan Arabic: تلفزة‎ (talfaza)
Aramaic:
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܪܵܣܚܸܙܘܵܐ‎ m (prasḳizwa)
- Classical Syriac: ܦܪܣ ܚܙܘܐ‎
Armenian: հեռուստատեսություն (hy) (heṙustatesutʿyun)
Assamese: টিভি (tibhi), দূৰদৰ্শন (durodorxon)
Asturian: televisión f, televisor m, televisión f
Azerbaijani: televiziya (az)
Bashkir: телевидение (televideniye)
Basque: telebista
Belarusian: тэлеба́чанне n (teljebáčannje), тэлеві́зія f (teljevízija)
Bengali: টেলিভিশন (bn) (ṭelibhiśon), টিভি (bn) (ṭibhi), দূরদর্শন (bn) (durdorśon)
Breton: skinwel (br)
Bulgarian: телеви́зия (bg) f (televízija)
Burmese: တယ်လီဗီးရှင်း (my) (tailibi:hrang:), ရုပ်မြင်သံကြား (my) (rupmrangsamkra:), တယ်လီဗစ်ရှင်း (tailibachrang:), တီဗီ (tibi), တီဗွီ (tibwi)
Buryat: телевиз (tjeljeviz)
Catalan: televisió (ca) f
Central Melanau: telibisien
Cherokee: ᎠᏓᏴᎳᏛᏍᎩ (adayvladvsgi)
Chinese:
- Cantonese: 電視／电视 (din⁶ si⁶)
- Dungan: дяншы (di͡anšɨ), телевидение (ti͡əli͡əvidi͡ənii͡ə)
- Hakka: 電視／电视 (thien-sṳ)
- Mandarin: 電視／电视 (zh) (diànshì)
- Min Dong: 電視／电视 (diêng-sê)
- Min Nan: 電視／电视 (zh-min-nan) (tiān-sī)
- Wu: 電視／电视 (di zr)
Chuvash: телекурӑм (telek̬urăm)
Cornish: pellwolok f, televisyon m
Crimean Tatar: telekörüv
Czech: televize (cs) f
Danish: tv (da) n, fjernsyn (da) n, television (da) c
Dutch: televisie (nl) f, kijkbuis (nl) (colloquial), beeldomroep m (dated)
Esperanto: televido, (attributive) televida
Estonian: televisioon (et)
Faroese: sjónvarp n
Finnish: televisio (fi)
French: télévision (fr) f, télé (fr) f
Fula:
- Latin: telewisiyon
- Adlam: 𞤼𞤫𞤤𞤫𞤱𞤭𞤧𞤭𞤴𞤮𞤲‎
Galician: televisión f, tele (gl) f
Georgian: ტელევიზია (ṭelevizia)
German: Fernsehen (de) n, Television (de) f
Gilbertese: te tamnei
Greek: τηλεόραση (el) f (tileórasi)
Guaraní: terevi, ta'ãngambyry
Guiqiong: diɐnsi
Gujarati: દૂરદર્શન (dūrdarśan)
Haitian Creole: televizyon
Hebrew: טלוויזיה / טֶלֶוִיזְיָה‎ (he) f (televízya)
Hindi: टेलिविजन (hi) (ṭelivijan), टेलीविज़न (ṭelīvizan), दूरदर्शन (hi) (dūrdarśan), टीवी (ṭīvī)
Hungarian: televízió (hu), tévé (hu)
Icelandic: sjónvarp (is) n, imbakassi m
Ido: televiziono (io)
Indonesian: televisi (id)
Ingrian: televizora
Interlingua: television
Irish: teilifís (ga) f
Italian: televisione (it) f, tivù f
Japanese: テレビジョン (ja) (terebijon), テレビ (ja) (terebi), 電視 (ja) (でんし, denshi) (obsolete)
Kalmyk: телеүзгдл (teleüzgdl)
Kannada: ದೂರದರ್ಶನ (kn) (dūradarśana)
Kazakh: теледидар (kk) (teledidar), телевидение (televidenie)
Khmer: តេឡេ (teelee), ទូរទស្សន៍ (km) (tuurĕəʼtŭəh)
Korean: 텔레비전 (ko) (tellebijeon), 티브이 (ko) (tibeu'i), 티비 (tibi), 티뷔 (tibwi), 테레비 (ko) (terebi), 텔레비 (tellebi), 전시(電視) (ko) (jeonsi) (obsolete)
Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: televîzyon (ku)
Kyrgyz: сыналгы (ky) (sınalgı), телевидение (ky) (televideniye)
Lao: ໂທລະທັດ (lo) (thō la that), ທີວີ (thī wī), ໂທລະພາບ (thō la phāp)
Latin: tēlevīsiō f
Latvian: televīzija f, tālrāde f
Lithuanian: televizija f
Low German:
- German Low German: Feernseher
Luxembourgish: Televisioun (lb)
Lü: ᦶᦎᧃᧈᦉᦹᧈ (ṫaen¹ṡue¹)
Macedonian: телевизија f (televizija)
Malagasy: fahitalavitra (mg)
Malay: televisyen (ms) (Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore), televisi (Riau and Sumatra)
Malayalam: ടെലിവിഷൻ (ml) (ṭeliviṣaṉ)
Maltese: televixin, televiżjoni f
Manx: chellveeish f
Maori: pouaka whakaata
Marathi: दूरचित्रवाणी (dūrcitravāṇī)
Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: телевиз (mn) (televiz), зурагт (mn) (zuragt)
Nahuatl: huehcaīxipcaxitl (nah)
Navajo: níłchʼi naalkidí
Nepali: टेलिभिजन (ne) (ṭelebhidzan), टीभि (ṭibhi), दूरदर्शन (durdarsan)
Norman: télévîsion f
Northern Sami: televišuvdna
Norwegian:
- Bokmål: fjernsyn (no) n, TV m, televisjon m
- Nynorsk: fjernsyn n, TV m, televisjon (sv)
Occitan: television (oc) f
Oriya: ଦୂରଦର୍ଶନ (or) (durôdôrśônô)
Papiamentu: televishon
Pashto: تلويزيون‎ (ps) m (talwizyún)
Pennsylvania German: guckbax
Persian: تلویزیون‎ (fa) (televiziyon)
Polish: telewizja (pl) f
Portuguese: televisão (pt) f
Quechua: tiliwisiyun, ñawikaruy
Romanian: televiziune (ro) f
Russian: телеви́дение (ru) n (televídenije), ТВ (ru) n (TV)
Rusyn: телеві́зія f (televízija)
S'gaw Karen: ကွဲၤဟူဖျါ (kweh̄ hoo hplah)
Samoan: televise
Santali: ᱧᱮᱱᱮᱞᱚᱢ (ñenelôm)
Scots: televeesion
Scottish Gaelic: telebhisean m, cian-dhealbh f
Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: телеви́зија f
- Roman: televízija (sh) f
Shona: tiivhii
Sicilian: tilivisiuni f, tivvù f
Sinhalese: රූපවාහිනිය (rūpawāhiniya), ටීවී (ṭīwī), ටෙලි (ṭeli)
Slovak: televízia f
Slovene: televizija (sl) f
Sotho: televishene
Spanish: televisión (es) f, tele (es) f
Sranan Tongo: teifei, teilefisi, telefisi
Swahili: televisheni (sw), runinga (sw)
Swedish: television (sv) c
Sylheti: ꠐꠤꠜꠤ (ṭibí)
Tagalog: telebisyon
Tajik: телевизион (tg) (televizion)
Tamil: தொலைக்காட்சி (ta) (tolaikkāṭci), (Singapore) தொலைநோக்கி (ta) (tolainōkki)
Tatar: телевидение (telewideniye)
Telugu: టెలివిజన్ (te) (ṭelivijan), దూరదర్శిని (te) (dūradarśini)
Thai: โทรทัศน์ (th) (too-rá-tát), ทีวี (th) (tii-wii), สื่อโทรทัศน์
Tibetan: བརྙན་འཕྲིན (brnyan 'phrin)
Tigrinya: ተለቪዥን (tälävižn)
Tsonga: mavonakule
Turkish: televizyon (tr)
Turkmen: telewideniýe
Ukrainian: телеба́чення n (telebáčennja), телеві́зія f (televízija)
Urdu: ٹیلی ویژن‎ (ṭelīvižan), ٹیلیویژن‎ (ṭelevižan), بعید نما‎ (ba'īd numā), دور نمائی‎ f (dūr numai)
Uyghur: تېلېۋىزىيە‎ (tëlëwiziye)
Uzbek: televideniye (uz)
Vietnamese: truyền hình (vi) (傳形), TV (vi), ti-vi, vô tuyến truyền hình (無線傳形)
Volapük: televid
Welsh: teledu (cy) m
West Frisian: televyzje
Yakut: телевидение (televideniye)
Yiddish: טעלעוויזיע‎ f (televizye)
Yoruba: àfigbéwòran, tẹlifíṣọ̀n
Zhuang: densi
Zulu: thelevishini

Afrikaans: televisie
Albanian: televizor (sq) m
Arabic: تِلْفَاز‎ (ar) m (tilfāz), تِلِفِزْيُون‎ (ar) m (tilifizyūn), جِهَاز تِلِفِزْيُون‎ m (jihāz tilifizyūn)
Armenian: հեռուստացույց (hy) (heṙustacʿuycʿ)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܪܵܣܚܸܙܘܵܐ‎ m (prasḳizwa)
Asturian: televisor m, televisión f, televisor m
Azerbaijani: televizor (az)
Bashkir: телевизор (televizor)
Basque: telebista
Belarusian: тэлеві́зар m (teljevízar)
Bengali: টেলিভিশন সেট (ṭelibhiśon seṭ), টেলিভিশন (bn) (ṭelibhiśon)
Bulgarian: телеви́зор (bg) m (televízor)
Catalan: televisió (ca) f, televisor (ca) m
Central Dusun: televisyen
Cherokee: ᎠᏓᏴᎳᏛᏍᎩ (adayvladvsgi)
Chichewa: wailesi ya kanema
Chinese:
- Cantonese: 電視機／电视机 (din⁶ si⁶ gei¹)
- Dungan: дяншыҗи (di͡anšɨži), телевизор (ti͡əli͡əvizor)
- Mandarin: 電視機／电视机 (zh) (diànshìjī)
Cornish: pellwolok f, televisyon m
Cree: ᒋᑲᐢᑌᐸᔨᒋᑲᐣ (cikastepayicikan)
Czech: televizor (cs) m, televize (cs) f, televizní přijímač m
Danish: fjernsyn (da) n, tv (da) n
Dutch: televisie (nl) m
Esperanto: televidilo
Estonian: televiisor, teler
Faroese: sjónvarpstól n
Finnish: televisio (fi)
French: téléviseur (fr) m, télévision (fr) f (fam.), télé (fr) f, poste de télévision (fr) m
Galician: televisor m, televisión f, tele (gl) f
Georgian: ტელევიზორი (ṭelevizori)
German: Fernseher (de) m, Fernsehapparat (de) m, Glotze (de) f (informal)
Greek: τηλεόραση (el) f (tileórasi)
Greenlandic: fjernsyni
Guaraní: terevi
Hebrew: טלוויזיה \ טֶלֶוִיזְיָה‎ (he) f (televízya)
Hindi: दूरदर्शन (hi) (dūrdarśan), टेलिविजन सेट (ṭelivijan seṭ)
Hungarian: tévékészülék, tévé (hu), televízió (hu), tv (hu)
Icelandic: sjónvarp (is), sjónvarpstæki (is) n
Ido: televidilo (io), televiziono (io)
Indonesian: televisi (id)
Ingrian: televizora
Interlingua: televisor
Irish: teilifíseán (ga) m
Italian: televisore (it) m, tivù f
Japanese: テレビ (ja) (terebi), テレビセット (terebisetto), 受像機 (じゅぞうき, juzōki)
Kalmyk: зургт (zurgt)
Kamba: tivii, tivii
Kazakh: телевизор (kk) (televizor), теледидар (kk) (teledidar)
Khmer: ទូរទស្សន៍ (km) (tuurĕəʼtŭəh)
Kikuyu: tivii
Korean: 텔레비전 (ko) (tellebijeon), 티비 (tibi), 티뷔 (tibwi), 텔레비 (tellebi)
Kyrgyz: телевизор (ky) (televizor)
Lao: ເຄື່ອງທີວີ (khư̄ang thī wī)
Latin: tēlevīsōrium n, tēlevīstrum n, tēlevīsiō f
Latvian: televizors m tālrādis (lv) m
Lithuanian: televizorius (lt) m
Luhya: etivii
Luxembourgish: Televisiounsapparat
Lü: ᦶᦎᧃᧈᦉᦹᧈ (ṫaen¹ṡue¹)
Macedonian: телеви́зор m (televízor)
Malay: televisyen (ms), peti gambar
Malayalam: ടെലിവിഷൻ (ml) (ṭeliviṣaṉ)
Maltese: televiżjoni f
Manx: çhellveeishan m
Maori: taonga whakaata
Meru: tivii
Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: телевизор (mn) (televizor), зурагт (mn) (zuragt)
Navajo: níłchʼi naalkidí
Norman: télévîsion f
Norwegian:
- Bokmål: fjernsyn (no) n, TV m, fjernsynsapparat n
- Nynorsk: fjernsyn n, TV m, fjernsynsapparat m
Occitan: television (oc) f
Ojibwe: mazinaatesijigan
Persian: تلویزیون‎ (televizion), دورنمار‎ (fa)
Polish: telewizor (pl) m
Portuguese: televisor (pt) m, televisão (pt) f, aparelho televisor m
Romanian: televizor (ro) n
Russian: телеви́зор (ru) m (televízor), те́лик (ru) m (télik) (colloquial), телевизио́нный приёмник m (televiziónnyj prijómnik)
Scots: televeesion
Scottish Gaelic: telebhisean m, cian-dhealbh f
Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: телѐвӣзор m
- Roman: telèvīzor (sh) m
Sicilian: tilivisuri m, tivvù f
Slovak: televizor m
Slovene: televizor m, televizijski sprejemnik m
Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: telewizor m
Sotho: telebishene
Spanish: televisor (es) m, televisión (es) f, tele (es) f
Swahili: runinga (sw), televisheni (sw)
Swedish: television (sv), TV (sv) c, TV-apparat (sv) c
Tagalog: telebisyon
Tajik: телевизор (tg) (televizor)
Tamil: தொலைக்காட்சிப் பெட்டி (tolaikkāṭcip peṭṭi)
Tatar: телевизор (telewizor)
Thai: โทรทัศน์ (th) (too-rá-tát), เครื่องรับโทรทัศน์
Turkish: televizyon (tr), televizyon alıcısı (tr)
Turkmen: telewizor
Ukrainian: телеві́зор m (televízor)
Urdu: ٹیلی ویژن‎ (ṭelīvižan), ٹیلیویژن‎ (ṭelevižan), دور نمائی‎ f (dūr numai)
Uyghur: تېلېۋىزور́‎ (tëlëwizoŕ)
Uzbek: televizor (uz)
Vietnamese: máy thu hình (vi), TV (vi), ti-vi
Volapük: televidöm
Welsh: teledu (cy) m, set deledu m
Yiddish: טעלעוויזאָר‎ m (televizor)
Yoruba: tẹlifíṣọ̀n, ẹ̀rọ amóhùnmáwòrán, tẹ́lì
Yup'ik: tiiviiq

Albanian: televizion (sq)
Arabic: تِلْفَاز‎ (ar) m (tilfāz), تِلِفِزْيُون‎ (ar) m (tilifizyūn)
Armenian: հեռուստատեսություն (hy) (heṙustatesutʿyun)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܪܵܣܚܸܙܘܵܐ‎ m (prasḳizwa)
Basque: telebista
Bulgarian: телеви́зия (bg) f (televízija)
Catalan: televisió (ca) f
Chinese:
- Cantonese: 電視／电视 (din⁶ si⁶)
- Mandarin: 電視／电视 (zh) (diànshì)
Cornish: pellwolok f, televisyon m
Czech: televize (cs) f
Danish: tv (da) n
Dutch: televisie (nl) m
Esperanto: televido
Faroese: sjónvarp n
Finnish: televisio (fi)
French: télévision (fr) f
Galician: televisión f, tele (gl) f
Georgian: ტელევიზია (ṭelevizia)
German: Fernsehen (de) n
Greek: τηλεόραση (el) f (tileórasi)
Guaraní: terevi
Hebrew: טלוויזיה \ טֶלֶוִיזְיָה‎ (he) f (televízya)
Icelandic: sjónvarp (is) n
Interlingua: television
Irish: teilifís (ga) f
Italian: televisione (it) f
Japanese: テレビジョン (ja) (terebijon)
Korean: 텔레비전 (ko) (tellebijeon)
Latin: tēlevīsiō f
Macedonian: телевизија f (televizija)
Malay: televisyen (ms)
Maltese: televiżiv
Manx: çhellveeish f
Navajo: níłchʼi naalkidí
Norman: télévîsion f
Norwegian:
- Bokmål: fjernsyn (no) n, TV m
- Nynorsk: fjernsyn n, TV m
Persian: تلویزیون‎ (fa) (televizion)
Polish: telewizja (pl) f
Portuguese: televisão (pt) f
Romanian: televiziune (ro) f
Russian: телеви́дение (ru) n (televídenije)
Scottish Gaelic: telebhisean m
Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: телеви́зија f
- Roman: televízija (sh) f
Sicilian: tilivisiuni f
Slovak: televízia f
Spanish: televisión (es) f, tele (es) f
Swahili: televisheni (sw)
Swedish: television (sv)
Tagalog: telebisyon
Thai: โทรทัศน์ (th) (too-rá-tát)
Ukrainian: телеба́чення (telebáčennja)
Urdu: دور نمائی‎ f (dūr numai), ٹیلی ویژن‎ (ṭelīvižan), ٹیلیویژن‎ (ṭelevižan)
Vietnamese: truyền hình (vi) (傳形), TV (vi), ti-vi, vô tuyến truyền hình (無線傳形), phát hình
Welsh: teledu (cy) m

Verb

television (third-person singular simple present televisions, present participle televisioning, simple past and past participle televisioned)