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, from television.

• enPR: tē'vēʹ, IPA^(key): /ˌtiːˈviː/

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• (Southern American English) 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 (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.
   • 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!

3. (physiology) Initialism of tidal volume.
4. Initialism of tax value.
5. (pop culture, music) Initialism of Taylor's Version.

• → 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. (North America 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

   Synonyms: television, televisionsapparat

   Holonym: etermedia

   Han såg det på TV:en.

   He saw it on the TV.

• 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)