Phrase guide

cable television

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Television received through coaxial cables; specifically, a TV service that provides reception to suburbs or other residential areas through utility lines and offering a wide variety of TV channels through satellite reception.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a television system that transmits over cables

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cable, cable system, cable television service

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: television, television system

3

noun

Meaning 3

television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cable

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: television, telecasting, TV, video

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تِلِفِزْيُون كَبْلِيّ (tilifizyūn kabliyy) — television received through coaxial cables
  • Armenian: կաբելային հեռուստատեսություն (kabelayin heṙustatesutʻyun) — television received through coaxial cables
  • Bulgarian: ка́белна телеви́зия (kábelna televízija) — television received through coaxial cables
  • Carpathian Rusyn: ка́белна телеві́зія (kábelna televízija) — television received through coaxial cables
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有線電視 /有线电视 (yǒuxiàn diànshì) — television received through coaxial cables
  • Czech: kabelová televize — television received through coaxial cables
  • Danish: kabel-tv — television received through coaxial cables
  • Danish: kabel-TV — television received through coaxial cables
  • Dutch: kabeltelevisie — television received through coaxial cables
  • Finnish: kaapelitelevisio — television received through coaxial cables
  • French: télévision par câble — television received through coaxial cables
  • French: câblodiffusion — television received through coaxial cables
  • French: câblodistribution — television received through coaxial cables
  • German: Kabelfernsehen — television received through coaxial cables
  • Hindi: केबल टीवी (kebal ṭīvī) — television received through coaxial cables
  • Hungarian: kábeltelevízió — television received through coaxial cables
  • Japanese: ケーブルテレビ (kēburuterebi) — television received through coaxial cables
  • Korean: 케이블 텔레비전 (keibeul tellebijeon) — television received through coaxial cables
  • Korean: 케이블 텔레비 (keibeul tellebi) — television received through coaxial cables
  • Kyrgyz: кабельдик телекөрсөтүү (kabeldik telekörsötüü) — television received through coaxial cables
  • Latvian: kabeļtelevīzija — television received through coaxial cables
  • Macedonian: ка́белска телеви́зија (kábelska televízija) — television received through coaxial cables
  • Macedonian: кабелска (kabelska) — television received through coaxial cables
  • Malay: televisyen kabel — television received through coaxial cables
  • Norman: télévîsion dé câbl'ye — television received through coaxial cables
  • Persian: تلویزیون کابلی (televiziyon-e kâbli) — television received through coaxial cables
  • Polish: telewizja kablowa — television received through coaxial cables
  • Polish: kablówka — television received through coaxial cables
  • Portuguese: televisão a cabo — television received through coaxial cables
  • Romanian: televiziune prin cablu — television received through coaxial cables
  • Russian: ка́бельное телеви́дение (kábelʹnoje televídenije) — television received through coaxial cables
  • Spanish: televisión por cable — television received through coaxial cables
  • Spanish: cablevisión — television received through coaxial cables
  • Swedish: kabel-tv — television received through coaxial cables
  • Thai: โทรทัศน์ผ่านสายเคเบิล (toh-rá-tát pàan săai-kay-bêrn) — television received through coaxial cables
  • Ukrainian: кабельне телебачення (kabelʹne telebačennja) — television received through coaxial cables
  • Urdu: کیبل ٹی وی (kebal ṭī-vī) — television received through coaxial cables
  • Vietnamese: truyền hình cáp — television received through coaxial cables
  • Vietnamese: truyền hình hữu tuyến — television received through coaxial cables
  • Xibe: ᠰᡟᡞ ᡝᡞ ᡨᡞ ᠸᡝᡞ (syi ei ti wei) — television received through coaxial cables
  • Xibe: ᠰᡞᠷᡤᡝ ᠪᡞᠰᡞᠷᡝ ᡩᡞᠶᠠᠨᡧᡞ (sirge bisire diyanši) — television received through coaxial cables