télévision

French

Etymology

From télé- (“far off”) +‎ vision (“seeing”), first used by Constantin Perskyi in a paper ("Télévision au moyen de l’électricité") read to the International Electricity Congress at the International World Fair in Paris on August 25, 1900.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /te.le.vi.zjɔ̃/
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Noun

télévision f (plural télévisions)

  1. television
    Synonym: télé

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → English: television
  • → Dutch: televisie
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: televisie
    • → Caribbean Javanese: télévisi
    • → Indonesian: televisi
    • → Saramaccan: televísi
    • → Sranan Tongo: teilefisi
  • Haitian Creole: televizyon
  • → Persian: تلویزیون‎
  • → Turkish: televizyon

Further reading
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