televisor

English

Etymology

Appears to have been coined by John Logie Baird in 1926 or earlier.

Noun

televisor (plural televisors)

  1. (dated) A television set.
  2. A television broadcaster or telecaster.
    • 2004, Michael Ashley, Robert A. W. Lowndes, The Gernsback Days:
      The station announcer, asking the performer to stand before the televisor, will say before the microphone that Mr. So-and-so is being televised.

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /telebiˈsoɾ/, [t̪e.le.β̞iˈsoɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Hyphenation: te‧le‧vi‧sor

Noun

televisor m (plural televisores)

  1. television set

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

televisor m (plural televisors)

  1. a television set
    Synonym: televisió

Galician

Noun

televisor m (plural televisores)

  1. television set
    Synonyms: televisión, tele

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /te.le.viˈzoʁ/ [te.le.viˈzoh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /te.le.viˈzoɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /te.le.viˈzoʁ/ [te.le.viˈzoχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /te.le.viˈzoɻ/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɨ.lɨ.viˈzoɾ/
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /tɨ.lɨ.biˈzoɾ/ [tɨ.lɨ.βiˈzoɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /tɨ.lɨ.viˈzo.ɾi/

Noun

televisor m (plural televisores)

  1. a television set

See also

Spanish

Etymology

From tele- + visor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /telebiˈsoɾ/ [t̪e.le.β̞iˈsoɾ]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: te‧le‧vi‧sor

Noun

televisor m (plural televisores)

  1. television set, TV set, television receiver, television, (colloquial) telly (a device for receiving television signals and displaying them in visual form)
    Synonyms: televisión, tele
    • 1973, “Cuando Ya Me Empiece a Quedar Solo”, in Confesiones de Invierno, performed by Sui Generis:
      Un televisor inútil / Eléctrica compañía / La radio a todo volumen / Y una prisión que no es mía
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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