"telescreen" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: telescreens [plural]
Etymology: From tele- + screen, from television. Popularized by George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), in which they are used for government surveillance of citizens. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|tele|screen}} tele- + screen Head templates: {{en-noun}} telescreen (plural telescreens)
  1. (science fiction) A screen for broadcasting television or similar media. Wikipedia link: Nineteen Eighty-Four, telescreen Categories (topical): Science fiction Related terms: videoscreen, vidscreen Translations (screen for broadcasting): telepantalla [feminine] (Catalan), kaukovarjostin (note: in "1984") (Finnish), télécran [masculine] (French), teletela [feminine] (Portuguese), telepantalla [feminine] (Spanish), teleekran (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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