colour television

English

Alternative forms

• color television (US)

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

colour television (countable and uncountable, plural colour televisions) (British spelling, Australia, New Zealand)

1. (uncountable) A colour system of transmitting and receiving television signals.
2. (countable) A television set that displays images in colour.

Synonyms

• (television in colour): colour, colour TV
• (colour television set): colour TV

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “television in colour”): black-and-white television
• (antonym(s) of “colour television set”): black-and-white television

Translations

television in colour

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 彩電 / 彩电 (zh) (cǎidiàn), 彩色電視 / 彩色电视 (cǎisè diànshì)

• Danish: farve-tv n, farvefjernsyn n
• Dutch: kleurentelevisie (nl)
• Finnish: väritelevisio (fi)
• French: télévision en couleur f
• German: Farbfernsehen (de) n
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} televisione a colori f
• Japanese: カラーテレビ (karāterebi)
• Korean: 컬러텔레비전 (ko) (keolleotellebijeon)
• Polish: telewizja kolorowa f
• Portuguese: televisão a/em cores f
• Russian: цветно́е телеви́дение n (cvetnóje televídenije)
• Swedish: färgtelevision c, färg-tv (sv) c
• Thai: โทรทัศน์สี (too-rá-tát-sǐi); ทีวีสี (tii-wii-sǐi)
• Turkish: renkli televizyon (tr)

a colour television set

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 彩電 / 彩电 (zh) (cǎidiàn), 彩色電視機 / 彩色电视机 (cǎisè diànshì jī)

• Danish: farve-tv n, farvefjernsyn n
• Dutch: kleurentelevisietoestel n
• Finnish: väritelevisio (fi), väritelevisiovastaanotin
• German: Farbfernseher (de) m
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} televisore a colori m
• Polish: telewizor kolorowy m
• Portuguese: televisão a/em cores f
• Russian: цветно́й телеви́зор m (cvetnój televízor)
• Swedish: färg-tv (sv) c
• Thai: โทรทัศน์สี (too-rá-tát-sǐi); ทีวีสี (tii-wii-sǐi)

Further reading

• Color television on Wikipedia.Wikipedia