Kilo Lingo

/ˌtiːˈviː/

Line drawing of TV
Coloured illustration of TV
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Translation

A box with a screen that shows programmes and films.

Word origin

Short for television, built from Greek tele, meaning far, and Latin visio, meaning sight.

Origin
Greek and Latin
Root
tele + visio

Grammar

Gender
PluralTVs

Examples

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"TV" is the short way to say television.

, .

Here "TV" is the machine itself.

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"TVs" is the plural of "TV".

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