Phrase guide

television show

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A live or recorded broadcast or program, or series of broadcasts or programs, meant to be viewed on television.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: TV show

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The taping of a television broadcast before a studio audience.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a program broadcast by television

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: television program, TV program, TV show

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: broadcast, program, programme

Narrower terms: colorcast, colourcast, pilot program, pilot film, pilot, situation comedy, sitcom, special

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَرْنَامِج تِلِفِزْيُون (barnāmij tilifizyūn) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Armenian: հեռուստաշոու (heṙustašou) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Belarusian: тэлепрагра́ма (teljeprahráma) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Belarusian: тэлеперада́ча (teljepjeradáča) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Belarusian: тэлевізі́йная прагра́ма (teljevizíjnaja prahráma) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Bulgarian: телевизио́нна програ́ма (televiziónna prográma) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Burmese: တီဗီရှိုး (tibihrui:) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Chinese Cantonese: 電視節目 /电视节目 (din6 si6 zit3 muk6) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電視節目 /电视节目 (diànshì jiémù) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Czech: televizní pořad — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Danish: tv-program — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Danish: fjernsynsprogram — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Danish: tv-udsendelse — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Danish: fjernsynsudsendelse — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Dutch: televisieprogramma — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Faroese: sjónvarpssending — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Finnish: televisio-ohjelma — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Finnish: tv-ohjelma — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • French: émission de télévision — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • French: émission de télé — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Galician: programa de televisión — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Georgian: სატელევიზიო პროგრამა (saṭelevizio ṗrograma) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Georgian: სატელევიზიო გადაცემა (saṭelevizio gadacema) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Georgian: სატელევიზიო შოუ (saṭelevizio šou) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • German: Fernsehsendung — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • German: Fernsehshow — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Greek: τηλεοπτικό πρόγραμμα (tileoptikó prógramma) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Icelandic: sjónvarpsþáttur — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Italian: programmazione televisiva — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Japanese: テレビ番組 (terebi bangumi) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Japanese: テレビプログラム (terebi puroguramu) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Kazakh: теледуман (teleduman) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Khmer: កម្មវិធីទូរទស្សន៍ (kamvithii tuurĕəʾtŭəh) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Korean: 텔레비전 프로그램 (tellebijeon peurogeuraem) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Lao: ລາຍການໂທລະທັດ (lāi kān thō la that) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Lao: ລາຍການທີວີ (lāi kān thī wī) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tv-program — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fjernsynsprogram — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tv-program — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fjernsynsprogram — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Iranian Persian: بَرْنَامِهٔ تِلِویزْیونی (barnâme-ye televizyoni) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Polish: program telewizyjny — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Portuguese: programa de televisão — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Russian: телешо́у (telešóu) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Russian: телепрогра́мма (teleprográmma) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Russian: телепереда́ча (teleperedáča) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Russian: телевизио́нная програ́мма (televiziónnaja prográmma) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Serbo-Croatian: телевизијски програм — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Serbo-Croatian: televizijski program — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Spanish: programa de televisión — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Spanish: show televisivo / televisual — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Swedish: tv-program — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Thai: รายการโทรทัศน์ (raai-gaan-too-rá-tát) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Thai: รายการทีวี (raai-gaan-tii-wii) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Turkish: televizyon programı — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Ukrainian: телешо́у (telešóu) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Ukrainian: телепрогра́ма (teleprohráma) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Ukrainian: телепереда́ча (teleperedáča) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Ukrainian: телевізі́йна програ́ма (televizíjna prohráma) — live or recorded TV broadcast or program
  • Vietnamese: chương trình truyền hình — live or recorded TV broadcast or program