/ˈtʃæn.əl/
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Translation
One television or radio station that you can choose to watch or listen to.
Word origin
From Old French chanel, the bed of a stream, from Latin canalis meaning a pipe or a groove.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- canalis
- English cognates
- canal
Grammar
Gender
Pluralchannels
Examples
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A "channel" is one station on television.
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We say "on channel four", with the word "on".
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A second meaning of "channel" is a narrow area of sea.
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