"cable television" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} cable television (uncountable)
  1. Television received through coaxial cables; specifically, a TV service that provides reception to suburbs or other residential areas through utility lines and offering a wide variety of TV channels through satellite reception. Wikipedia link: cable television Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Television Synonyms: cable TV Translations (television received through coaxial cables): تِلِفِزْيُون كَبْلِيّ (tilifizyūn kabliyy) [masculine] (Arabic), կաբելային հեռուստատեսություն (kabelayin heṙustatesutʿyun) (Armenian), ка́белна телеви́зия (kábelna televízija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ка́белна телеві́зія (kábelna televízija) [feminine] (Carpathian Rusyn), 有線電視 (Chinese Mandarin), 有线电视 (yǒuxiàn diànshì) (Chinese Mandarin), kabelová televize [feminine] (Czech), kabel-tv [neuter] (Danish), kabel-TV [neuter] (Danish), kabeltelevisie [feminine] (Dutch), kaapelitelevisio (Finnish), télévision par câble [feminine] (French), câblodiffusion [feminine] (French), câblodistribution [feminine] (French), Kabelfernsehen [neuter] (German), केबल टीवी (kebal ṭīvī) (Hindi), kábeltelevízió (Hungarian), ケーブルテレビ (kēburuterebi) (Japanese), 케이블 텔레비전 (keibeul tellebijeon) (Korean), 케이블 텔레비 (keibeul tellebi) (Korean), кабельдик телекөрсөтүү (kabeldik telekörsötüü) (Kyrgyz), kabeļtelevīzija [feminine] (Latvian), ка́белска телеви́зија (kábelska televízija) [feminine] (Macedonian), кабелска (kabelska) [ellipsis, feminine] (Macedonian), televisyen kabel (Malay), télévîsion dé câbl'ye [feminine] (Norman), تلویزیون کابلی (televiziyon-e kâbli) (Persian), telewizja kablowa [feminine] (Polish), kablówka [colloquial, feminine] (Polish), televisão a cabo [feminine] (Portuguese), televiziune prin cablu [feminine] (Romanian), ка́бельное телеви́дение (kábelʹnoje televídenije) [neuter] (Russian), televisión por cable [feminine] (Spanish), cablevisión [feminine] (Spanish), kabel-tv [common-gender] (Swedish), โทรทัศน์ผ่านสายเคเบิล (toh-rá-tát pàan săai-kay-bêrn) (Thai), кабельне телебачення (kabelʹne telebačennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), کیبل ٹی وی (kebal ṭī-vī) (Urdu), truyền hình cáp (Vietnamese), truyền hình hữu tuyến (Vietnamese)

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    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "television received through coaxial cables",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kablówka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "television received through coaxial cables",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "televisão a cabo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "television received through coaxial cables",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "televiziune prin cablu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kábelʹnoje televídenije",
      "sense": "television received through coaxial cables",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ка́бельное телеви́дение"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "television received through coaxial cables",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "televisión por cable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "television received through coaxial cables",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cablevisión"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "television received through coaxial cables",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kabel-tv"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "toh-rá-tát pàan săai-kay-bêrn",
      "sense": "television received through coaxial cables",
      "word": "โทรทัศน์ผ่านสายเคเบิล"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kabelʹne telebačennja",
      "sense": "television received through coaxial cables",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кабельне телебачення"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "kebal ṭī-vī",
      "sense": "television received through coaxial cables",
      "word": "کیبل ٹی وی"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "television received through coaxial cables",
      "word": "truyền hình cáp"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "television received through coaxial cables",
      "word": "truyền hình hữu tuyến"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cable television"
}

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