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English
Pronunciation
Noun
tv (countable and uncountable, plural tvs)
- Alternative form of TV.
- 2015, E[dward] L. Risden, “Introduction. The ‘Author of the Century’ in His Century: Extending the Intellectual Landscape”, in Tolkien’s Intellectual Landscape, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, →ISBN, page 16:
- The fantasy trilogy hasn’t disappeared; it has gained momentum and in some instances become a dodecalogy, and the material of modern fantasy has spread from print to subway graffiti, role-playing games, film, tv, and online culture.
- 2023, Isabel Waidner, Corey Fah Does Social Mobility, Hamish Hamilton, page 73:
- Besides, I’m not a tv presenter, but a writer, in case you haven’t noticed.
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Danish
Etymology
Abbreviation for television.
Noun
tv n (singular definite tv'et, plural indefinite tv'er)
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
tv f (plural tv's, diminutive tv'tje n)
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Descendants
- → Caribbean Javanese: tévé
- → Sranan Tongo: teifei
Finnish
Alternative forms
Etymology
See TV.
Pronunciation
Noun
tv
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tv”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
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Greenlandic
Noun
tv
- television
- 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:
- Immaqa imaassinnaavoq aamma nunattinni tv-mik isiginnaartartut periarfissinneqarumaartut takusinnaasallugu.
- Perhaps it will be possible that television viewers in our country [Greenland] will also get the opportunity to see it.
Hungarian
Alternative forms
- TV (nonstandard but fairly common)
Pronunciation
Noun
tv (plural tv-k)
Declension
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Abbreviation of televisjon
Noun
tv m (definite singular tv-en, indefinite plural tv-er, definite plural tv-ene)
- alternative form of TV
Synonyms
References
- “tv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Abbreviation of televisjon
Noun
tv m (definite singular tv-en, indefinite plural tv-ar, definite plural tv-ane)
- alternative letter-case form of TV
Synonyms
References
- “tv” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
tv f (plural tvs)
- alternative letter-case form of TV
Further reading
- “tv”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
tv f (uncountable)
Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From English TV, abbreviation of television.
Pronunciation
Noun
tv c
- television
- a TV set, a telly
Declension
Pronoun
tv
- archaic spelling of du (“you”)
- 1649, Jacobus Petri Chronander, Bele-Snack, Eller Een Ny Comœdia, act I, scene IV, page 40:
- TV Konstrijke Mästare, godt rådh giff,
Skall man nu skona thenna skelmens lijff?- YOU artful Master, good counsel give,
Should one now spare this scoundrel's life?
- YOU artful Master, good counsel give,
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West Frisian
Etymology
Abbreviation of telefyzje.
Pronunciation
Noun
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