name
Meaning 1
Kondatam Television (a popular Tamil TV channel)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
KTV
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Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
Meaning 2
Karaoke television, a form of interactive musical entertainment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: China, regional, uncountable
Qualifier: chiefly Asia
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noun
Meaning 3
Karaoke box, a karaoke entertainment establishment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: China, countable, regional
Qualifier: chiefly Asia
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History
Etymology
From Kondatam TV.
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.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: KTV — karaoke television
- Finnish: karaokekabinetti — karaoke television
- Xibe: ᡣᡝᡞ ᡨᡞ ᠸᡝᡞ (kei ti wei) — karaoke television