TV

TV

1. (metrology) Symbol for teravolt, an SI unit of electromotive force equal to 10¹² volts.

TV

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Tuvalu since 1977.

   Synonym: TUV (alpha-3)

• T.V., teevee, teevy

Abbreviation, from television.

• enPR: tē'vēʹ, IPA^(key): /ˌtiːˈviː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US):

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• (Southern US) IPA^(key): /ˈti.vi/
• Rhymes: -iː, (Southern American English) -iːvi

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, “The Sun Always Shines on T.V.”, in Hunting High and Low, performed by a-ha:

     Believe me, the sun always shines on TV

   • 2023 September 15, Henry T. Casey, “What is USB-C? Here’s everything you need to know”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     USB-C isn’t just how many PC laptops are charged; it’s also how the Chromecast With Google TV draws power. It’s also the only USB port in any modern MacBook, and it’s used for charging and data transfer in many Samsung Galaxy phones (dating back to 2016’s infamous Galaxy Note 7).

3. (countable, anatomy, medicine) Initialism of tricuspid valve.

   Hypernyms: heart valve < valve < part, portion

   Coordinate terms: AoV, MV, PV

   • 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!

5. (physiology, medicine) Initialism of tidal volume.
7. Initialism of tax value.

   Hypernyms: value, amount

   Coordinate terms: ACV, worth, price

8. (pop culture, music) Initialism of Taylor's Version.
9. (countable, dated) Abbreviation of transvestite.

(television):

• → Thai: ทีวี (tii-wii)
• → Unami: TV
• → Vietnamese: ti vi

• telly

• VT, Vt., v.t., vt, vt.

Abbreviation of televisio (“television”).

TV

1. TV (abbreviation for television)

Inflection of TV (Kotus type filee) singular plural nominative TV TV:t genitive TV:n TV:iden TV:itten partitive TV:tä TV:itä accusative TV TV:n TV:t inessive TV:ssä TV:issä elative TV:stä TV:istä illative TV:hen TV:seen TV:ihin TV:isiin adessive TV:llä TV:illä ablative TV:ltä TV:iltä allative TV:lle TV:ille essive TV:nä TV:inä translative TV:ksi TV:iksi abessive TV:ttä TV:ittä instructive – TV:in comitative – TV:ineen

• IPA^(key): /te.ve/

• Audio:

  (file)

TV f (invariable)

1. (North America and Belgium, informal) television

   Synonym: télé

• IPA^(key): /ˈte.ve/, [ˈt̪e.fe]

TV (plural TV-TV)

1. (communication) initialism of televisi (“television”)

• IPA^(key): ^**/tivˈvu/^*, ^**/tiˈvu/^*[1]
• Rhymes: -u

TV f (invariable)

1. (informal) television

   Synonyms: televisione, tivù

TV(テレビ) • (terebi) 

1. abbreviation of テレビ (“TV”)

• tv

Abbreviation of televisjon

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.

• fjernsyn

• “TV” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• tv

Abbreviation of televisjon

• IPA^(key): /ˈteːˈʋeː/
• (Standard Eastern) IPA^(key): [ˈtêːˈʋěː]

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.

• fjernsyn

• “TV” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• tv

Unadapted borrowing from English TV.

• IPA^(key): /tɛˈfaw/, /tɛˈvu/, /tiˈvi/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aw, -u, -i
• Syllabification: T‧V

TV f (indeclinable)

1. television (electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound)

   Synonym: telewizja

2. television (institution engaged in the preparation and transmission of television programs)

   Synonym: telewizja

3. television, television set (electronic device that receives television signals and displays the resulting images on a screen)

   Synonyms: pudło, telewizor

TV (not comparable, no derived adverb)

1. (relational, postpositive) televisual; television (electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound)

   Synonym: telewizyjny

2. (relational, postpositive) televisual; television (institution engaged in the preparation and transmission of television programs)

   Synonym: telewizyjny

3. (relational, postpositive) televisual; television, television set (electronic device that receives television signals and displays the resulting images on a screen)

   Synonym: telewizorowy

• TV in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• TV in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• tevê
• tv

Initialism of televisão.

TV f (plural TVs)

1. TV

• “TV”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “TV”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

TV m inan (Cyrillic spelling ТВ)

1. TV

• teve, tv

Abbreviation of television, borrowed from English television, attested since 1923.

TV c

1. TV

   Synonyms: television, televisionsapparat

   Holonym: etermedia

   Han såg det på TV:en.

   He saw it on the TV.

• TV in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• TV in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Unadapted borrowing from English TV.

• IPA^(key): /ˌt̪iːˈwiː/, (borrowing the English pronunciation of V) /ˌt̪iːˈviː/
• Rhymes: -iː

TV inan

1. a television, a TV

   Synonym: (neologism) pèhpënunhikehikàn

   Kèxa hèch lawtu në TV?

   How much does the TV cost?

   Mpënamën TV naxa awëlink.

   I watched TV for three hours.

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

Borrowed from English TV.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ti˧˧ vi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tɪj˧˧ vɪj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tɪj˧˧ vɪj˧˧] ~ [tɪj˧˧ jɪj˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: ti vi

(classifier chiếc) TV

1. initialism of ti-vi

• vô tuyến truyền hình [無線傳形]
• truyền hình (VN)