# TV
## Translingual
### Etymology 1
#### Symbol

TV
* (metrology) Symbol for teravolt, an SI unit of electromotive force equal to 10$^{12}$ volts.

### Etymology 2
#### Symbol

TV
* (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Tuvalu since 1977.
    Synonym: TUV (alpha-3)

## English
### Alternative forms

* T.V.

### Etymology

Abbreviation, from television.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: tē'vēʹ, IPA: /ˌtiːˈviː/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* (Southern US) IPA: /ˈti.vi/
* Rhymes: -iː, (Southern American English) -iːvi

### Noun

TV (countable and uncountable, plural TVs)
* (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
* (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!
* (physiology) Initialism of tidal volume.
* Initialism of tax value.
* (pop culture, music) Initialism of Taylor's Version.

#### Derived terms

* appointment TV
* cable TV
* dish TV
* linear TV
* made-for-TV
* Prestige TV
* slow TV
* TVaholic
* TV dinner
* TV evangelism
* TV evangelist
* TV land
* TV programme
* TV rock
* TV talk
* VBTV

#### Descendants

* → Thai: ทีวี (tii-wii)
* → Vietnamese: ti vi

#### Translations
### See also

* telly

### Anagrams

* VT, Vt., v.t., vt, vt.

## Finnish
### Etymology

Abbreviation of televisio (“television”)

### Noun

TV
* TV (abbreviation for television)

#### Declension

Inflection of TV (Kotus type filee)
singular
plural
nominative
TV
TV:t
genitive
TV:n
TV:iden TV:itten
partitive
TV:tä
TV:itä
accusative
TV TV:n
TV:t
inessive
TV:ssä
TV:issä
elative
TV:stä
TV:istä
illative
TV:hen TV:seen
TV:ihin TV:isiin
adessive
TV:llä
TV:illä
ablative
TV:ltä
TV:iltä
allative
TV:lle
TV:ille
essive
TV:nä
TV:inä
translative
TV:ksi
TV:iksi
abessive
TV:ttä
TV:ittä
instructive
TV:in
comitative
TV:ineen :

#### Derived terms

* maksu-TV
* TV-opas

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /te.ve/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

TV f (plural TV)
* (North America and Belgium, informal) television
    Synonym: télé

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈte.ve/, [ˈt̪e.fe]

### Noun

TV (plural TV-TV)
* (communication) Initialism of televisi (“television”).

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: $^{**}$/tivˈvu/$^*$, $^{**}$/tiˈvu/$^*$
* Rhymes: -u

### Noun

TV f (invariable)
* (informal) television
    Synonyms: televisione, tivù

### References

* ↑ TV in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Japanese
### Noun

TV(テレビ) • (terebi)
* Abbreviation of テレビ (“TV”).

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* tv

### Etymology

Abbreviation of televisjon

### Noun

TV m (definite singular TV-en, indefinite plural TV-er, definite plural TV-ene)
* TV (television set)
* television (program broadcasting)
    Han vil se på TV.He wants to watch television.

#### Synonyms

* fjernsyn

### References

* “TV” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* tv

### Etymology

Abbreviation of televisjon

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈteːˈʋeː/
* (Standard Eastern) IPA: [ˈtêːˈʋěː]

### Noun

TV m (definite singular TV-en, indefinite plural TV-ar, definite plural TV-ane)
* TV (television set)
* television (program broadcasting)
    Dei likar ikkje å sjå på TV.They don't like to watch television.

#### Synonyms

* fjernsyn

### References

* “TV” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* tv

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English TV.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɛˈfaw/, /tɛˈvu/, /tiˈvi/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aw, -u, -i
* Syllabification: T‧V

### Noun

TV f (indeclinable)
* television (electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound)
    Synonym: telewizja
* television (institution engaged in the preparation and transmission of television programs)
    Synonym: telewizja
* television, television set (electronic device that receives television signals and displays the resulting images on a screen)
    Synonyms: pudło, telewizor

### Adjective

TV (not comparable, no derived adverb)
* (relational, postpositive) televisual; television (electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound)
    Synonym: telewizyjny
* (relational, postpositive) televisual; television (institution engaged in the preparation and transmission of television programs)
    Synonym: telewizyjny
* (relational, postpositive) televisual; television, television set (electronic device that receives television signals and displays the resulting images on a screen)
    Synonym: telewizorowy

### Further reading

* TV in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* TV in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* tevê
* tv

### Etymology

Initialism of televisão.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /teˈve/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɨˈve/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɨˈve/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /tɨˈbe/ [tɨˈβe]

### Noun

TV f (plural TVs)
* TV

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

TV m (Cyrillic spelling ТВ)
* TV

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* teve, tv

### Etymology

Abbreviation of television, borrowed from English television, attested since 1923.

### Noun

TV c
* TV
    Synonyms: television, televisionsapparat
    Holonym: etermedia
    Han såg det på TV:en.He saw it on the TV.

#### Derived terms

* 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”)

### References

* TV in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* TV in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

## Vietnamese
### Etymology

Borrowed from English TV.

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ti˧˧ vi˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [tɪj˧˧ vɪj˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [tɪj˧˧ vɪj˧˧] ~ [tɪj˧˧ jɪj˧˧]
* Phonetic spelling: ti vi

### Noun

(classifier chiếc) TV
* Initialism of ti-vi.

#### Synonyms

* vô tuyến truyền hình [無線傳形]
* truyền hình (VN)