tv
/tivi/noun
tv is spelled T-V: 2 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 158 times per million words in written English, the 638th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tv means “Alternative form of TV” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tv is tvs.
How many letters and syllables are in tv?
| Letters | 2: T-V |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 158 times per million words; the 638th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is tv?
Tv appears 158 times per million words in written English, the 638th 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).
How do you pronounce tv?
- UK /tiviː/
- US /tivi/
Tv has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-TV.wav, En-us-TV.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-tv.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tv
- teevee
- teevy
- tvs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tv mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of TV.
noun
- 1
colloquialAbbreviation of television.
I saw an ad for that on TV.
- 2
Initialism of tricuspid valve.
- 3
Initialism of tidal volume.
- 4
Initialism of tax value.
- 5
Initialism of Taylor's Version.
- 6
datedAbbreviation of transvestite.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tv in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.