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feminine

/tele/

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Translation

TV, telly

Word origin

A clipping of television. The element tele- is from Greek tele ('far off'), and -vision is from Latin visio ('sight'), from videre ('to see').

Origin: Greek
Root: tele
English cognates: telephone, telescope, telegraph

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluraltélés

Examples

tous .

We watch telly every evening after dinner.

Eteins , .

Turn off the TV, it's late.

There's a good film on TV tonight.

The children watch too much telly during the summer holidays.

There is a good football match on TV tonight.

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This word is part of lesson 18.