tv
Portuguese, noun
tv is spelled T-V (2 letters) and appears 195 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 477th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tv is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “alternative letter-case form of TV” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, TV is a different word: “TV”. On this page, Tv. is a different word: “abbreviation of travessa (“transversal street”) (used in street names)”.
What does tv mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative letter-case form of TV
noun
- 1
feminineTV
noun
- 1
feminineabbreviation of travessa (“transversal street”) (used in street names)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. abreviação de televisão
abbreviation: 1. abreviatura de televisão
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tv
- TVs plural
- tevê alternative
- tv alternative
- tvs plural
- T. alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to tv
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tv in Portuguese?
tv appears 195 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).