Phrase guide

television channel

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A station or broadcaster using the band.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a television station and its programs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a satellite TV channel
  • surfing through the channels
  • they offer more than one hundred channels

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: channel, TV channel

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: television station, TV station

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kanal televiziv — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Arabic: قَنَاة تِلِفِزْيُونِيَّة (qanāh tilifizyūniyya) — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Armenian: հեռուստաալիք (heṙustaalikʻ) — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Belarusian: тэлекана́л (teljekanál) — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Belarusian: тэлевізі́йны кана́л (teljevizíjny kanál) — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Bulgarian: телевизио́нен кана́л (televiziónen kanál) — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Chinese Cantonese: 電視臺 /电视台 (din6 si6 toi4) — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電視頻道 /电视频道 (diànshì píndào) — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Chinese Mandarin: 頻道 /频道 (píndào) — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電視臺 /电视台 (diànshìtái) — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Cornish: kanel bellwolok — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Czech: televizní kanál — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Danish: fjernsynskanal — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Danish: tv-kanal — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Estonian: telekanal — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Faroese: sjónvarpsrás — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Finnish: televisiokanava — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • French: chaîne de télévision — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • French: chaine de télévision — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Georgian: სატელევიზიო არხი (saṭelevizio arxi) — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • German: Fernsehkanal — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • German: Kanal — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Greek: τηλεοπτικό κανάλι (tileoptikó kanáli) — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Hebrew: אפיק שידור (afík shidúr) — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Hebrew: ערוץ טלוויזיה (arúts televízya) — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Hindi: टीवी चैनल (ṭīvī cainal) — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Hungarian: televízió csatorna — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Icelandic: sjónvarpsstöð — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Icelandic: sjónvarpsrás — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Italian: canale televisivo — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Japanese: テレビジョン・チャンネル (terebijon channeru) — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Japanese: チャンネル (channeru) — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Khmer: ស្ថានីយទូរទស្សន៍ (sthaanii tuurĕəʼtŭəh) — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Korean: 텔레비전 채널 (tellebijeon chaeneol) — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Korean: 채널 (chaeneol) — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Latvian: televīzijas kanāls — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Lithuanian: televizijos kanalas — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Macedonian: телевизиски канал (televiziski kanal) — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Malay: saluran televisyen — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Mongolian: телевизийн суваг (televiziin suvag) — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fjernsynskanal — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fjernsynskanal — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Persian: کانال تلویزیون (kânâl-e televiziyon) — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Polish: kanał telewizyjny — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Portuguese: canal de televisão — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Romanian: canal de televiziune — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Russian: телекана́л (telekanál) — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Russian: телевизио́нный кана́л (televiziónnyj kanál) — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Russian: кана́л (kanál) — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Serbo-Croatian: телевизијски канал — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Serbo-Croatian: televizijski kanal — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Slovak: televízny kanál — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Slovene: televizijski kanal — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Spanish: canal de televisión — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Spanish: emisora televisual — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Spanish: cadena televisiva — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Swedish: tv-kanal — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Tajik: канали телевизионӣ (kanal-i televizioni) — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Tajik: шабакаи телевизионӣ (šabaka-yi televizioni) — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Thai: ช่องโทรทัศน์ (chɔ̂ng-too-rá-tát) — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Turkish: televizyon kanalı — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Ukrainian: телекана́л (telekanál) — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Ukrainian: телевізі́йний кана́л (televizíjnyj kanál) — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Uzbek: televizion kanal — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Vietnamese: kênh truyền hình — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
  • Welsh: sianel deledu — a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television