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Etymology
From Greek tele- ("distant") + vision from Latin visio ("vision", "seeing"), noun of action from the perfect passive participle visus ("that which is seen"), from the verb videre ("to see") + action noun suffix -io.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-television.ogg|Audio (US)

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪ��n|-ɪ��n

Noun
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1. 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.

1. countable A device for receiving television signals and displaying them in visual form.

#: I have an old television in the study.

1. uncountable Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television.

#: ... fifty-seven channels and nothing on [television].

Derived terms
TV
televangelism
televangelist

Synonyms
cable television
boob tube
cultural barbiturate
electronic babysitter
glass teat
goggle box
idiot box
plebvision
the shit box
telly
the tube
TV

Related terms
televise, televize
televisual

Translations
trans-top|medium
Albanian: televizion
Arabic: ARchar|ت��از (telfá:z), ARchar|ت��ز��� (telefizyó: n)
Armenian: հեռո�ստատեսո�թյո�ն (he�ustatesut�yun)
Bosnian: televizija#Bosnian|televizija f
Bulgarian: �елевизи� (televízij�) f
Chinese: ��, �� (diànshì)
Czech: televize f
Danish: tv n, fjernsyn n
Dutch: televisie m
Esperanto: televido
Faroese: sjónvarp n
Finnish: televisio
French: télévision f
German: Fernsehen n
Greek: �ηλε��α�η (t�leóras�) f
Guaraní: terevi
Gujarati: દ�રદર�શન
Hebrew: �������� (televizia) f
Hungarian: televízió
Icelandic: sjónvarp n, imbakassi m
Interlingua: television
Irish: teilifís f
Italian: televisione f
trans-mid
Japanese: ������ (terebijon)
Korean: ���� (tellebijeon)
Latin: televisio f, televisionis gen.
Latvian: televīzija f
Maltese: televixin
Polish: telewizja f
Portuguese: televisão f
Romanian: televiziune f
Russian: �елевидение (televídenije) n
Scottish Gaelic: teileabhisean m, cian-dhealbh f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �елевизи�а#Serbian|�елевизи�а f
:Roman: televizija#Serbian|televizija f
Spanish: televisión f
Swedish: television
Tagalog: telebisyon f
Thai: THchar|��ร�ัศ�� (thor�th�t)
Ukrainian: �елеба�енн� (teleba�énnja) f
Vietnamese: truy�n hình, TV, tivi, vô tuyến truy�n hình [���形]
Welsh: teledu m
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trans-top|television set
Albanian: televizor
Arabic: ARchar|ت��از (telfá:z) m, ARchar|ت��ز��� (telefizyó: n) m
Armenian: հեռո�ստա�ո�յ� (he�ustats�uyts�)
Bosnian: televizor#Bosnian|televizor m
Bulgarian: �елевизо� (televízor) m
Chinese: ���, ��� (diànshìjī)
Czech: televizor m
Danish: fjernsyn n, tv n
Dutch: televisie m
Esperanto: televido
Faroese: sjónvarpstól n
Finnish: televisio
French: téléviseur m, télévision f (fam.)
German: Fernseher m
Greek: �ηλε��α�η (t�leóras�) f
Guaraní: terevi
Hebrew: �������� (televizia) f
Interlingua: televisor
Irish: teilifíseán m
Italian: televisore m
trans-mid
Japanese: ������ (terebijon)
Korean: ���� (tellebijeon)
Latin: televisio f, televisionis gen.
Latvian: televizors m
Maltese: televiżjoni
Polish: telewizor m
Portuguese: televisor#Portuguese|televisor m, televisão f
Romanian: televiziune f
Russian: �елевизо� (televízor) m
Scottish Gaelic: telebhisean m, cian-dhealbh f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �елевизо�#Serbian|�елевизо� m
:Roman: televizor#Serbian|televizor m
Spanish: televisor m
Swedish: television
Thai: THchar|��ร�ัศ�� (thor�th�t)
Ukrainian: �елев�зо� (televísor) m
Vietnamese: máy truy�n hình, TV, tivi
Welsh: teledu m, set teledu|deledu m
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trans-top|program broadcasting
Albanian: televizion
Arabic: ARchar|ت��از (telfá:z) m, ARchar|ت��ز��� (telefizyó: n) m
Armenian: հեռո�ստատեսո�թյո�ն (he�ustatesut�yun)
Bosnian: televizija#Bosnian|televizija f
Bulgarian: �елевизи� (televízi�) f
Chinese: ��, �� (diànshì)
Czech: televize f
Danish: tv n
Dutch: televisie m
Esperanto: televido
Faroese: sjónvarp n
Finnish: televisio
French: télévision f
German: Fernsehen n
Greek: �ηλε��α�η (t�leóras�) f
Guaraní: terevi
Hebrew: �������� (televizia) f
Interlingua: television
Irish: teilifís f
Italian: televisione f
trans-mid
Japanese: ������ (terebijon)
Korean: ���� (tellebijeon)
Latin: televisio f, televisionis gen.
Maltese: televiżiv
Polish: telewizja f
Portuguese: televisão f
Romanian: televiziune f
Russian: �елевидение (televídenije) n
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �елевизи�а#Serbian|�елевизи�а f
:Roman: televizija#Serbian|televizija f
Spanish: televisión f
Swedish: television
Thai: THchar|��ร�ัศ�� (thor�th�t)
Vietnamese: truy�n hình, TV, tivi, vô tuyến truy�n hình (���形)
Welsh: teledu m
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ttbc|Maori: reo t�taki, pouaka whakaata

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