Phrase guide

reality show

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-American: /ɹiˈæləti ˌʃoʊ/
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noun

Meaning 1

A reality television program.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

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Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ռեալիթի շոու (ṙealitʻi šou) — a reality television program
  • Belarusian: рэа́ліці-шоў (reálici-šow) — a reality television program
  • Bulgarian: риа́лити шо́у (riáliti šóu) — a reality television program
  • Catalan: programa de telerealitat — a reality television program
  • Chinese Cantonese: 真人騷 /真人骚 (zan1 jan4 sou1) — a reality television program
  • Chinese Mandarin: 真人秀 (zhēnrénxiù) — a reality television program
  • Finnish: tositelevisio-ohjelma — a reality television program
  • French: émission de téléréalité — a reality television program
  • French: reality show — a reality television program
  • French: télévérité — a reality television program
  • Galician: programa de telerrealidade — a reality television program
  • Georgian: რეალითი შოუ (realiti šou) — a reality television program
  • German: Realityshow — a reality television program
  • Hungarian: valóságshow — a reality television program
  • Indonesian: acara realitas — a reality television program
  • Italian: reality — a reality television program
  • Italian: reality show — a reality television program
  • Japanese: リアリティ番組 (riariti bangumi) — a reality television program
  • Japanese: リアリティショー (riariti shō) — a reality television program
  • Korean: 리얼리티 쇼 (rieolliti syo) — a reality television program
  • Korean: 리얼리티 프로그램 (rieolliti peurogeuraem) — a reality television program
  • Korean: 리얼리티 프로 (rieolliti peuro) — a reality television program
  • Malay: rancangan realiti — a reality television program
  • Polish: reality show — a reality television program
  • Portuguese: reality show — a reality television program
  • Portuguese: reality — a reality television program
  • Russian: реа́лити-шо́у (reáliti-šóu) — a reality television program
  • Spanish: programa de telerrealidad — a reality television program
  • Spanish: reality — a reality television program
  • Spanish: reality show — a reality television program
  • Spanish: show de telerrealidad — a reality television program
  • Swedish: dokusåpa — a reality television program
  • Ukrainian: реа́літі-шо́у (reáliti-šóu) — a reality television program