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TV

French, noun/te.ve/

TV is spelled T-V (2 letters) and appears 47 times per million words in written French, the 1,772nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). TV is a French feminine noun meaning “television” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Télévision ; téléviseur”.

What does TV mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineinformaltelevision

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Télévision ; téléviseur.

noun: 1. Travesti. (Note : on a aussi tv en minuscule.)

noun: 1. Toucher vaginal.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of TV

  • tévé

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce TV?

  • /te.ve/
  • \te.ve\
  • \ti.vi\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is TV in French?

TV appears 47 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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