televisor

English

Etymology

Appears to have been coined by John Logie Baird in 1926 or earlier.

Noun

televisor (plural televisors)

1. (dated) A television set.
2. A television broadcaster or telecaster.
   • 2004, Michael Ashley, Robert A. W. Lowndes, The Gernsback Days:

     The station announcer, asking the performer to stand before the televisor, will say before the microphone that Mr. So-and-so is being televised.

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /telebiˈsoɾ/ [t̪e.le.β̞iˈsoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: te‧le‧vi‧sor

Noun

televisor m (plural televisores)

1. television set

Related terms

• televisión

Catalan

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:

televisor

Wikipedia ^ca

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [tə.lə.βiˈzo]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [tə.lə.viˈzo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [te.le.viˈzoɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

televisor m (plural televisors)

1. a television set

   Synonym: televisió

Galician

Galician Wikipedia has an article on:

televisor

Wikipedia ^gl

Noun

televisor m (plural televisores)

1. television set

   Synonyms: televisión, tele

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

televisor

Wikipedia ^pt

Etymology

Borrowed from English televisor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /te.le.viˈzoʁ/ [te.le.viˈzoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /te.le.viˈzoʁ/ [te.le.viˈzoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /te.le.viˈzoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /te.le.viˈzoʁ/ [te.le.viˈzoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /te.le.viˈzoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨ.lɨ.viˈzoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨ.lɨ.viˈzoɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨ.lɨ.biˈzoɾ/ [tɨ.lɨ.βiˈzoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨ.lɨ.viˈzo.ɾi/

• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Hyphenation: te‧le‧vi‧sor

Noun

televisor m (plural televisores)

1. television set

   Synonym: televisão

Further reading

• “televisor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “televisor”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “televisor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “televisor”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

televisor

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

From tele- +‎ visor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /telebiˈsoɾ/ [t̪e.le.β̞iˈsoɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: te‧le‧vi‧sor

Noun

televisor m (plural televisores)

1. television set, TV set, television receiver, television, (colloquial) telly (a device for receiving television signals and displaying them in visual form)

   Synonyms: televisión, tele

   • 1973, “Cuando Ya Me Empiece a Quedar Solo”, in Confesiones de Invierno, performed by Sui Generis:

     Un televisor inútil / Eléctrica compañía / La radio a todo volumen / Y una prisión que no es mía

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “televisor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025