# tv
## English
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Canada):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /tiviː/
* (General American) IPA: /tivi/
* Rhymes: -iː

### Noun

tv (countable and uncountable, plural tvs)
* Alternative form of TV.
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### Anagrams

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

## Danish
### Etymology

Abbreviation for television.

### Noun

tv n (singular definite tv'et, plural indefinite tv'er)
* TV

#### Synonyms

* fjernsyn
* tossekasse (slang)

#### Derived terms

* betalings-tv
* farve-tv
* højdefinitions-tv
* kabel-tv
* tekst-tv
* tv-apparat
* tv-avis
* tv-overvåge

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /teːˈveː/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

tv f (plural tv's, diminutive tv'tje n)
* Abbreviation of televisie.

#### Derived terms

* tv-kijken
* tv-programma

#### Descendants

* → Caribbean Javanese: tévé
* → Sranan Tongo: teifei

## Finnish
### Alternative forms

* TV

### Etymology

See TV.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈteːˌʋeː/, [ˈt̪e̞ːˌʋe̞ː]
* Rhymes: -eː

### Noun

tv
* TV, 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

* digi-tv
* kaapeli-tv
* tosi-tv
* tv-antenni
* tv-elokuva
* tv-kanava
* tv-kasvo
* tv-ohjelma
* tv-sarja
* tv-sovitin
* tv-uutiset
* tv-vastaanotin

### 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 2023-07-03

## Greenlandic
### Noun

tv
* television
** 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:Immaqa imaassinnaavoq aamma nunattinni tv-mik isiginnaartartut periarfissinneqarumaartut takusinnaasallugu.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Hungarian
### Alternative forms

* TV (nonstandard but fairly common)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈteːveː]

### Noun

tv (plural tv-k)
* television, TV
    Synonyms: tévé, televízió

#### Declension
### See also

* tv. (abbreviation of törvény (“law, act”))

## 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

* fjernsyn

### 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

* fjernsyn

### References

* “tv” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌteˈve/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˌteˈve/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˌteˈve/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˌteˈbe/ [ˌteˈβe]

### Noun

tv f (plural tvs)
* Alternative letter-case form of TV

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /teˈbe/ [t̪eˈβ̞e]
** Rhymes: -e
* IPA: /teˈube/ [t̪eˈu.β̞e]
** Rhymes: -ube

### Noun

tv f (uncountable)
* (television): TV
    Synonym: tele

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* teve

### Etymology

Abbreviation for television.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈteːˌveː/, /ˈteːˌvɛ/

### Noun

tv c
* television
* a TV set, a telly
* 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?

#### Declension
### Anagrams

* v.t.

## West Frisian
### Etymology

Abbreviation of telefyzje.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈteːfeː/

### Noun

tv c (plural tv's, diminutive tv'ke)
* TV