Television in Different Languages
Discover 'Television' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Television
Afrikaans televisie | ||
Albanian televizionit | ||
Amharic ቴሌቪዥን | ||
Arabic التلفاز | ||
Armenian հեռուստատեսություն | ||
Assamese টেলিভিছন | ||
Aymara televisión ukan uñacht’ayata | ||
Azerbaijani televiziya | ||
Bambara telewisɔn na | ||
Basque telebista | ||
Belarusian тэлебачанне | ||
Bengali টেলিভিশন | ||
Bhojpuri टेलीविजन पर देखावल गइल बा | ||
Bosnian televizija | ||
Bulgarian телевизия | ||
Catalan televisió | ||
Cebuano telebisyon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 电视 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 電視 | ||
Corsican televisiò | ||
Croatian televizija | ||
Czech televize | ||
Danish television | ||
Dhivehi ޓީވީންނެވެ | ||
Dogri टेलीविजन | ||
Dutch televisie | ||
English television | ||
Esperanto televido | ||
Estonian televiisor | ||
Ewe television dzi wɔnawo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) telebisyon | ||
Finnish televisio | ||
French télévision | ||
Frisian televyzje | ||
Galician televisión | ||
Georgian ტელევიზია | ||
German fernsehen | ||
Greek τηλεόραση | ||
Guarani televisión rehegua | ||
Gujarati ટેલિવિઝન | ||
Haitian Creole televizyon | ||
Hausa talabijin | ||
Hawaiian kīwī | ||
Hebrew טֵלֶוִיזִיָה | ||
Hindi टेलीविजन | ||
Hmong tv | ||
Hungarian televízió | ||
Icelandic sjónvarp | ||
Igbo telivishọn | ||
Ilocano telebision | ||
Indonesian televisi | ||
Irish teilifís | ||
Italian televisione | ||
Japanese テレビ | ||
Javanese televisi | ||
Kannada ದೂರದರ್ಶನ | ||
Kazakh теледидар | ||
Khmer ទូរទស្សន៍ | ||
Kinyarwanda televiziyo | ||
Konkani दूरचित्रवाणी | ||
Korean 텔레비전 | ||
Krio tɛlivishɔn | ||
Kurdish televîzyon | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) تەلەفزیۆن | ||
Kyrgyz телекөрсөтүү | ||
Lao ໂທລະພາບ | ||
Latin televisionem | ||
Latvian televīzija | ||
Lingala televizyo | ||
Lithuanian televizija | ||
Luganda ttivvi | ||
Luxembourgish fernseh | ||
Macedonian телевизија | ||
Maithili टेलीविजन | ||
Malagasy fahitalavitra | ||
Malay televisyen | ||
Malayalam ടെലിവിഷൻ | ||
Maltese televiżjoni | ||
Maori pouaka whakaata | ||
Marathi दूरदर्शन | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯇꯦꯂꯤꯚꯤꯖꯅꯗꯥ ꯂꯩꯕꯥ ꯌꯨ.ꯑꯦꯁ | ||
Mizo television-ah a awm a | ||
Mongolian телевиз | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ရုပ်မြင်သံကြား | ||
Nepali टेलिभिजन | ||
Norwegian fjernsyn | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) wailesi yakanema | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଟେଲିଭିଜନ | | ||
Oromo televijiinii | ||
Pashto تلویزیون | ||
Persian تلویزیون | ||
Polish telewizja | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) televisão | ||
Punjabi ਟੈਲੀਵੀਜ਼ਨ | ||
Quechua televisión nisqapi | ||
Romanian televiziune | ||
Russian телевидение | ||
Samoan televise | ||
Sanskrit दूरदर्शनम् | ||
Scots Gaelic telebhisean | ||
Sepedi thelebišene | ||
Serbian телевизија | ||
Sesotho thelevishene | ||
Shona terevhizheni | ||
Sindhi ٽيليويزن | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) රූපවාහිනිය | ||
Slovak televízia | ||
Slovenian televizija | ||
Somali telefishanka | ||
Spanish televisión | ||
Sundanese tipi | ||
Swahili televisheni | ||
Swedish tv | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) telebisyon | ||
Tajik телевизион | ||
Tamil தொலைக்காட்சி | ||
Tatar телевидение | ||
Telugu టెలివిజన్ | ||
Thai โทรทัศน์ | ||
Tigrinya ተለቪዥን ምዃኑ ይፍለጥ | ||
Tsonga thelevhixini | ||
Turkish televizyon | ||
Turkmen telewideniýe | ||
Twi (Akan) television so | ||
Ukrainian телебачення | ||
Urdu ٹیلی ویژن | ||
Uyghur تېلېۋىزور | ||
Uzbek televizor | ||
Vietnamese tivi | ||
Welsh teledu | ||
Xhosa umabonwakude | ||
Yiddish טעלעוויזיע | ||
Yoruba tẹlifisiọnu | ||
Zulu ithelevishini |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | }televisie" is cognate with the word "television" in English, derived from the Greek words "tele" (far) and "video" (to see). |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "televizionit" is derived from the Greek word "τηλεόραση" (teleórasi), which means "far-seeing". |
| Amharic | The word "ቴሌቪዥን" is derived from the Greek words "τῆλε" (tēle), meaning "far," and "visio" (visio), meaning "vision." |
| Arabic | The word "التلفاز" comes from the Greek word "τηλεόραση" which means "distance viewing". |
| Azerbaijani | "Televiziya" is not an Azerbaijani word and the word for "television" in Azerbaijani is "televiziya". |
| Basque | The Basque word "telebista" ultimately derives from the Greek word "telegraphein", meaning "to write from a distance". |
| Belarusian | The word "тэлебачанне" in Belarusian comes from the Greek words "tele" (far away) and "opsis" (sight). |
| Bengali | The word "টেলিভিশন" in Bengali is derived from the Greek words "tele," meaning "far" and "vision," meaning "seeing." |
| Bosnian | The word "televizija" in Bosnian is derived from the Greek words "tele" (meaning "far") and "vision" (meaning "sight"). |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian "television", "телевизия", derives from ancient Greek and means "see at distance" (τηλέ and όραμα). |
| Catalan | The word "televisió" is derived from the Greek words "tele" (meaning "far") and "vision" (meaning "sight"), and literally means "far-seeing". |
| Cebuano | Telebisyon's (television) origin is from the Greek words tele meaning "far" and visio meaning "vision". It can also refer to a type of television program, as in "telebisyon serye" (television series). |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 电视's literal meaning is 'electric vision', suggesting its function as a way to expand our visual range into the world (远视) |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word "電視" originally referred to a mechanical device that used a rotating disk to create images. |
| Corsican | Corsican "televisiò" comes from Greek words for "far" and "to see". |
| Croatian | The word 'televizija' is derived from the Greek words 'tele', meaning 'far', and 'visio', meaning 'sight', and it shares the same etymology with the English word 'television'. |
| Czech | The word "televize" in Czech is derived from the Greek words "tele" (meaning "far") and "ize" (meaning "to hear"), and also has the alternate meaning of "to broadcast". |
| Danish | In Danish, "television" is also known as "fjernsyn" or "tv," which literally translate to "far seeing" and "picture box," respectively. |
| Dutch | Dutch "televisie" derives from the Greek roots for "distant" and "to watch". |
| Esperanto | The word "televido" has the same meaning as the Latin word "televisio" from which it derives. |
| Estonian | Televiisor comes from the Greek words tēle, meaning "far", and video, meaning "to see". |
| Finnish | The word "televisio" also means "telepathy" in Finnish. |
| French | The word "télévision" in French comes from the Greek roots "tele," meaning "distance," and "vision," meaning "to see." |
| Frisian | The word "televyzje" is derived from the Greek words "tele," meaning "far," and "vision," meaning "sight." |
| Galician | No Galician, "televisión" is a compound term that literally means "far vision" or "distance vision." |
| German | Fernsehen literally means 'far-seeing' and was originally used to describe the ability to see distant objects as if through a telescope. |
| Greek | The word "τηλεόραση" is derived from the Greek words "τηλε," meaning "far," and "όραση," meaning "sight." |
| Gujarati | The word 'ટેલિવિઝન' is derived from the Greek words 'tele' and 'vision', meaning 'far' and 'seeing' respectively, and refers to the ability to transmit and receive moving images and sound over long distances. |
| Haitian Creole | Televizyon means 'television' but also 'the box that speaks' |
| Hausa | 'Talabijin' is derived from the Arabic word 'tala' (to see) and the Persian word 'bin' (eye), indicating the device is used for viewing. |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, "kīwī" originally referred to a "small, dark-colored, flightless bird" before its adoption for "television" due to the screen's resemblance to the bird's round, black eyes. |
| Hebrew | The word "טֵלֶוִיזִיָה" (television) is derived from the Greek roots "τῆλε" (far) and "ὁράω" (to see). |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "टेलीविजन" is derived from the Ancient Greek words "τῆλε," meaning "far" and "ὁράω," meaning "to see." |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word for "television" is formed from the fusion of "távol" (meaning "distant" or "far") and "látó" (meaning "seer" or "visionary"), signifying the concept of "viewing from afar". |
| Icelandic | "Sjónvarp" derives from Old Norse words meaning "sight-far," i.e., "able to see from far away." |
| Igbo | In Igbo, the word 'telivishọn' is derived from two distinct words: 'teli,' meaning 'tell,' and 'vishọn,' meaning 'vision'. |
| Indonesian | The word "televisi" is derived from the Greek words "tele" (far) and "visio" (seeing). |
| Irish | "Teilifís" derives via Latin "television" from Greek "têle," meaning "far," and "opsis," meaning "appearance, sight." |
| Italian | In Italian, "televisione" literally means "far vision" from the Greek "tēle" and Latin "visio". |
| Japanese | "テレビ" comes from the Greek word "τηλε" (tele), meaning "far" and the Latin word "video," meaning "I see." |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "televisi" is a combination of the Dutch word "televisie" and the Javanese suffix "-i", which means "thing". |
| Kazakh | The word 'теледидар' comes from the Greek words 'tele' (far) and 'idein' (to see). |
| Korean | The Korean word '텔레비전' is derived from the Greek words 'tele' (far) and 'visio' (sight). |
| Kurdish | The word "televîzyon" in Kurdish is derived from the Greek words "tele" (far) and "opsis" (vision), meaning "far-seeing". |
| Kyrgyz | Телекөрсөтүү means 'television', but it is literally translated as 'a device for showing from afar'. |
| Latin | Televisionem, meaning "far sight," originated as a blend of Greek terms tele, "far," and visio, "sight." |
| Latvian | In Latvian "televīzija" also refers to the "TV news". The word "televīzija" comes from Greek "tele" (far) and Latin "visio" (sight). |
| Lithuanian | The word "televizija" is derived from the Greek "tele" meaning "far" and the Latin "visio" meaning "to see" |
| Luxembourgish | The term "Fernseh" has been in use in Luxembourg since 1955. |
| Macedonian | The word "телевизија" is derived from the Greek words "τῆλε" (far) and "ὁράω" (to see). |
| Malagasy | Fahitalavitra, meaning "that which is written on the cloth" in Malagasy, is also used to refer to newspapers. |
| Malay | Despite its name, the word "televisyen" in Malay refers only to the physical device, not to television broadcasting. |
| Malayalam | The word "ടെലിവിഷൻ" is derived from the Greek words "tele" (meaning "far") and "vision" (meaning "sight"). |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "televiżjoni" is ultimately derived from the Greek "tele" (far) and the Latin "visio" (sight), meaning "far-seeing". |
| Marathi | The word "दूरदर्शन" (television) in Marathi literally means "distant seeing" or "seeing from afar". |
| Mongolian | Телевиз translates literally to "far-seeing", in reference to its ability to display distant images. |
| Nepali | The word 'टेलीभिजन' is derived from the Greek words 'tele' (meaning 'far') and 'vision' (meaning 'sight'). |
| Norwegian | " fjernsyn " is a compound made up of "fjern" ("far") and "syn" ("sight") that means 'distant vision', reflecting one of the first uses of the technology for the transmission of images over long distances, e.g., for scientific demonstrations or military purposes. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'wailesi yakanema' in Nyanja literally means 'wireless of light' and refers to the fact that television sets receive signals without wires. |
| Pashto | Originally meaning "far seeing" in Greek, "تلویزیون" refers to the telecommunication technology as well as the device. |
| Persian | The term "تلویزیون" is borrowed from French "télévision" and derives from the Greek words "τῆλε" ( "tele", meaning "far") and "visio" ( "vision") |
| Polish | In Polish, the word "telewizja" literally means "far-seeing", derived from the Greek words "tele" (far) and "horao" (to see). |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Televisão" originates from Greek (τῆλε: "far" and ὄψις: "sight") and Latin (visio: "vision"), with the original meaning of "seeing from afar", now applied to the specific device used to receive and transmit moving images and sound. |
| Romanian | Although the Romanian word for "television" is "televiziune," there is a second meaning: "sight" or "seeing" because it comes from Latin "tele" for "afar" and "vedere" for "to see." |
| Russian | In the early 1930s, "телевидение" was applied to all means of transmitting images, including phototelegraphy and cinema, and not only to electronic scanning, which now characterizes television proper |
| Samoan | In Samoan, "televise" also means "to appear on television" or "to watch television." |
| Scots Gaelic | Telebhisean derives from the Greek words "tele" (far) and "opsis" (sight) and was coined in 1927 by the Scottish inventor John Logie Baird. |
| Serbian | The word "телевизија" is derived from the Greek words "τῆλε" (tele), meaning "far" or "distant," and "ὁράω" (horaō), meaning "to see". |
| Sesotho | Thelevishene in Sesotho is derived from the English word "television" and has no other alternate meanings. |
| Shona | The word "terevhizheni" comes from the English word "television". |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word “ٽيليويزن” is derived from the English word “television”. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "රූපවාහිනිය" comes from the Sanskrit roots "rūpa" (form) and "vah" (carry); it originally meant "one who carries the images." |
| Slovak | The word "televízia" is derived from the Greek words "tele" (far) and "vision" (sight), indicating its ability to transmit images over long distances. |
| Slovenian | Television is derived from the Greek word "tele," meaning "far," and the Latin word "visio," meaning "sight." |
| Somali | Telefishanka, the Somali word for television, was imported from the Italian language with the same meaning. |
| Spanish | Originating from the Greek words "tele" (far) and "vision" (seeing), "televisión" also refers to the transmission of images and sound at a distance. |
| Sundanese | The word "tipi" in Sundanese can also refer to a type of traditional musical instrument made from bamboo. |
| Swahili | "Televisheni" is originally an Arabic word that translates to "far, from afar". |
| Swedish | In Swedish, "tv" can also be used as a slang term for "to look" or "to watch." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Telebisyon" is derived from the Greek words "tele" (far) and "opsis" (vision), and can also refer to a particular television program or the television industry as a whole. |
| Tajik | The word "телевизион" in Tajik derives from Greek and originally meant a device for viewing at a distance. |
| Telugu | The word 'టెలివిజన్' is derived from the Greek words 'tele,' meaning 'far' and 'vision,' meaning 'act of seeing'. |
| Thai | The word “โทรทัศน์” is derived from the Greek words "tele" (far) and "opsis" (sight), meaning “far-seeing" or "seeing at a distance". |
| Turkish | "Televizyon" is derived from the Greek words "tele" (far) and "opsis" (vision), meaning "seeing from afar". |
| Ukrainian | The word "телебачення" is derived from the Greek words "tele" (meaning "far") and "opsis" (meaning "sight"), and it originally referred to the process of transmitting images over long distances. |
| Urdu | "ٹیلی ویژن" (television) is a compound word formed from the Greek words "τῆλε" (tēle), meaning "far off," and "vīsiō", meaning "sight," referring to the ability to transmit and receive visual signals from a distance. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "televizor" comes from the Russian word "телевизор", which in turn came from the Greek words "τῆλε" (meaning "far") and "ὁρᾶν" (meaning "to see"). |
| Vietnamese | "tivi" is derived from the French "télévision" and originally meant "radio" |
| Welsh | Teledu comes from a Welsh word denoting both "far" and "sight" |
| Xhosa | The word 'umabonwakude' in Xhosa is a compound word meaning 'something to see' or 'that which sees' |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "טעלעוויזיע" is derived from the Greek words "τῆλε" (far) and "ὁράω" (to see). |
| Yoruba | "Tẹlifisiọnu" derives from the Latin "televisio" (far-seeing) and literally means "seeing from afar" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | The word 'ithelevishini' in Zulu is derived from the English word 'television'. |
| English | "Television" derives from Greek roots meaning "far" and "seeing." |