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feminine

/te.ve/

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Translation

TV, telly

Word origin

An abbreviation of télévision, itself built from Greek tele ('far') and Latin visio ('sight').

Origin: French
Root: télévision
English cognates: television

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluraltvirregular

Examples

tous .

He watches telly every evening.

The telly is still on.

Éteins , .

Turn the telly off, it is late.

She bought a new telly.

The programmes on telly are poor tonight.

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This word is part of lesson 56.