Phrase guide

talk show

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A television or radio programme in which a host converses on various topics with guests who may be experts, celebrities, or members of the listening or viewing audience.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: broadcasting, media

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chat show

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a program during which well-known people discuss a topic or answer questions telephoned in by the audience

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • in England they call a talk show a chat show

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chat show

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: broadcast, program, programme

Narrower terms: phone-in

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَرْنَامَج حِوَارِيّ (barnāmaj ḥiwāriyy) — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests
  • Armenian: զրույց-հանդես (zruycʻ-handes) — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests
  • Belarusian: ток-шо́у (tok-šóu) — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests
  • Bulgarian: то́кшоу (tókšou) — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests
  • Catalan: tertúlia — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests
  • Chinese Mandarin: 脫口秀 /脱口秀 (tuōkǒuxiù) — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests
  • Czech: talkshow — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests
  • Czech: rozhovory — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests
  • Dutch: praatprogramma — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests
  • Dutch: talkshow — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests
  • Finnish: keskusteluohjelma — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests
  • French: débat télévisé — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests
  • French: talk-show — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests
  • German: Talkshow — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests
  • Hungarian: talkshow — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests
  • Indonesian: gelar wicara — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests
  • Indonesian: tayang bincang — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests
  • Japanese: トーク番組 (tōku bangumi) — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests
  • Japanese: トークショー (tōkushō) — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests
  • Korean: 토크쇼 (tokeusyo) — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests
  • Korean: 토크 프로그램 (tokeu peurogeuraem) — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests
  • Korean: 토크 프로 (tokeu peuro) — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests
  • Malay: bicarawara — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests
  • Malay: rancangan temu bual — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests
  • Iranian Persian: تاک شُوْ (tâk šow) — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests
  • Polish: talk-show — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests
  • Portuguese: talk show — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests
  • Russian: ток-шо́у (tok-šóu) — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests
  • Spanish: tertulia — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests
  • Swedish: pratshow — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests
  • Ukrainian: ток-шо́у (tok-šóu) — TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests