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.

Abbreviation.

• enPR: tē'vē', IPA^(key): /ˈtiːˈviː/

• Audio (UK)

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• (Southern American English) IPA^(key): /ˈti.vi/
• Rhymes: -iː, (South 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 (lyrics and music), “The Sun Always Shines on T.V.”, in Hunting High and Low, performed by a-ha:

     Believe me, the sun always shines on TV

2. (countable) Abbreviation of transvestite.
   • 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!

3. (physiology) Initialism of tidal volume.
4. Initialism of tax value.

• Thai: ทีวี (tii-wii)

• telly

• VT, Vt., v.t., vt, vt.

televisio (“television”)

TV

1. TV (abbreviation for television)

• IPA^(key): /te.ve/

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TV f (plural TV)

1. (Canada and Belgium, informal) television

   Synonym: télé

• 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.

• tevê
• tv

Initialism of televisão.

TV f (plural TVs)

1. TV

TV m (Cyrillic spelling ТВ)

1. TV

• teve, tv

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

TV c

1. TV

   Han såg det på TV:en.

   He saw it on the TV.

   Synonyms: television, televisionsapparat

   Holonym: etermedia

• TV-antenn (“TV antenna”)
• TV-apparat (“TV set”)
• TV-bevakning (“CCTV”)
• TV-hus (“TV building; TV station”)
• TV-kanal (“TV channel”)
• TV-mast (“TV tower”)
• TV-program (“TV programme”)
• TV-reklam (“TV ad”)
• TV-shop (“TV shop”)
• TV-station (“TV station”)
• TV-studio (“TV studio”)
• TV-sändare (“TV broadcaster”)
• TV-sändning (“TV broadcast”)

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

Borrowed from English TV.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ti˧˧ vi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tɪj˧˧ vɪj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tɪj˧˧ vɪj˧˧] ~ [tɪj˧˧ jɪj˧˧]
• Phonetic: ti vi

(classifier chiếc) TV

1. Initialism of ti-vi.

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