KTV
noun
KTV is spelled K-T-V: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, KTV means “Karaoke television, a form of interactive musical entertainment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of KTV is KTVs.
How many letters and syllables are in KTV?
| Letters | 3: K-T-V |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 101,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is KTV?
KTV appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of KTV
- KTVs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does KTV mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Karaoke television, a form of interactive musical entertainment.
Most KTV clubs in Taiwan have since followed a single architectural formula: […]
- 2
Karaoke box, a karaoke entertainment establishment.
The KTV is an apt place to begin an investigation into such phenomena, […]
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does KTV come from?
From Chinese KTV. Late 1980s Taiwanese Pseudo-English initialism from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke) + English TV. Modelled after the earlier MTV "movie TV", which in turn repurposed the initialism from the earlier meaning "music TV", copied from the American cable TV network of that name. This term is chiefly used in mainland China, Taiwan and Cambodia and Chinese speakers globally.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).