televisão

Meaning

1. (feminine) television; television set (device for receiving television signals)
2. (feminine, uncountable) television (communication medium)
3. (feminine, uncountable) television (programs broadcast via the medium of television)

Concepts

television

📺

TV

📺

television set

boob tube

telly

idiot box

television receiver

TV set

tv set

goggle box

tv

📺

mediasphere

telecasting

video

television system

B plot

A plot

teev

BAFTA

box

📦

Synonyms

televisor

tevê

📺

tv

Tevê

TV

📺

aparelho televisor

Translations

televisión

📺

télévision

📺

televisie

📺

televisione

📺

τηλεόραση

Fernsehen

📺

televisió

📺

televisio

📺

televisor

téléviseur

televizyon

📺

televisore

Fernseher

Pronounced as (IPA)

/te.le.viˈzɐ̃w̃/

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der.
Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor.
French télé-
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der.
Proto-Italic *widēō
Latin videō
Latin vīsus
Proto-Indo-European *-tisder.
Proto-Italic *-tjō
Latin -tio
Latin vīsiōlbor.
Old French vision
Middle French vision
French vision
French télévisioncalq.
Portuguese televisão
From tele- + visão, calque of French télévision.

Sentences

Que carga de lixo na televisão hoje .

What a load of trash on television today.

Quanta custa essa televisão ?

How much does this television cost?

A televisão pode torná-lo burro , mas também pode ser uma boa educação .

Television can make you dumb, but it can also be a good education.

Por favor , procure o programa de televisão Jenny of the Prairie.

Please look for the television show Jenny of the Prairie.