Kilo Lingo

/ˈtʃæn.əl/

Line drawing of channel
Coloured illustration of channel
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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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This word is part of lesson 38.