Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

teevee

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables: teevee
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Colloquial; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"On teevee, everyone looked the same. People were just different shades of grey. If the sky was grey on teevee, I knew it meant blue."

Etymology

Respelling of the abbreviation TV.

Usage

Inflected Forms

teevees (plural) teevy (alternative)

Derived Forms

feevee

Questions

What does teevee mean?: television
Where does teevee come from?: Respelling of the abbreviation TV.

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