Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mtv

/ˈɛmtˈivˈi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables: mtv
IPA: /ˈɛmtˈivˈi/

8

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

3

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A television channel that originally showed mostly music videos but now shows a wide variety of content.

Example Sentences

"I want my, I want my MTV / Now look at them yo-yo's, that's the way you do it / You play the guitar on the MTV / That ain't workin', that's the way you do it / Money for nothin', and chicks for free"
"We won the race, got out of the place / Went back home, got a brand new face for the boys on MTV"
"So the FCC won't let me be / Or let me be me, so let me see / They tried to shut me down on MTV"
"In the amended complaint, Carter is accused of raping the then-13-year-old Jane Doe at an afterparty for the MTV Video Music Awards in the year 2000."

Etymology

Originally an initialism of Music Television, incorporating the earlier abbreviation TV for television.

Derived Forms

KTV

Phrases

MTV generation

Synonyms

Empty-Vee

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce mtv?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛmtˈivˈi/.
What does mtv mean?: A television channel that originally showed mostly music videos but now shows a wide variety of content.
Where does mtv come from?: Originally an initialism of Music Television, incorporating the earlier abbreviation TV for television.

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