televisão

Portuguese

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 *-tis

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.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /te.le.viˈzɐ̃w̃/ [te.le.viˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨ.lɨ.viˈzɐ̃w̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨ.lɨ.viˈzɐ̃w̃/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨ.lɨ.biˈzɐ̃w̃/ [tɨ.lɨ.βiˈzɐ̃w̃]

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: te‧le‧vi‧são

Noun

televisão f (plural televisões)

1. television; television set (device for receiving television signals)

   Synonyms: tevê, televisor

2. (uncountable) television (communication medium)

   Synonym: tevê

3. (uncountable) television (programs broadcast via the medium of television)

   Synonym: tevê

   • 2024 August 23, Marcio Seixas, 13:21 from the start, in Batcast‎^[1], episode 13, spoken by Samir Murad, Rio de Janeiro, via YouTube:

     […] e na televisão, ao contrário do que se pode imaginar, […] você não tem direção, né? O que você fizer, se não tiver muito fora, tá valendo.

     And in television, contrary to what people might imagine, there's no directing, right? Whatever you do, if it isn't that off, is fine.

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Tëlevisong

See also

• telinha