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televisor.

A television set.

9 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A television set.

    dated
  2. A television set. A (later partly) mechanical such apparatus, largely superseded during the 1930s by wholly electronic ones; originally and especially, one designed and patented by the Scottish inventor John Logie Baird (1888–1936).

    dated · historical
  3. One who works in the television industry, e.g., a presenter, broadcaster, or telecaster.

    archaic
  4. An organization that makes or broadcasts television programs.

Where this word comes from

Probably partly from televis(ion) + -or, and partly (in senses 2 and 3) from televise + -or. Appears to have been coined by the Scottish inventor John Logie Baird (1888–1936) in 1926 or earlier. A genericized trademark.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.