"colour television" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: EN-AU ck1 colour television.ogg [Australia] Forms: colour televisions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} colour television (countable and uncountable, plural colour televisions)
  1. (uncountable) A colour system of transmitting and receiving television signals. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, uncountable
    Sense id: en-colour_television-en-noun-VZalNdVP
  2. (countable) A television set that displays images in colour. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, countable Synonyms: television in colour [TV] [colour, color, colour, color], colour television set [TV] [colour, color], color television [US] Translations (a colour television set): 彩電 (Chinese Mandarin), 彩电 (cǎidiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 彩色電視機 (Chinese Mandarin), 彩色电视机 (cǎisè diànshì jī) (Chinese Mandarin), farve-tv [neuter] (Danish), farvefjernsyn [neuter] (Danish), kleurentelevisietoestel [neuter] (Dutch), väritelevisio (Finnish), väritelevisiovastaanotin (Finnish), Farbfernseher [masculine] (German), telewizor kolorowy [masculine] (Polish), televisão a/em cores [feminine] (Portuguese), цветно́й телеви́зор (cvetnój televízor) [masculine] (Russian), färg-tv [common-gender] (Swedish), โทรทัศน์สี (too-rá-tát-sǐi) (Thai), ทีวีสี (tii-wii-sǐi) (Thai) Translations (television in colour): 彩電 (Chinese Mandarin), 彩电 (cǎidiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 彩色電視 (Chinese Mandarin), 彩色电视 (cǎisè diànshì) (Chinese Mandarin), farve-tv [neuter] (Danish), farvefjernsyn [neuter] (Danish), kleurentelevisie (Dutch), väritelevisio (Finnish), télévision en couleur [feminine] (French), Farbfernsehen [neuter] (German), カラーテレビ (karāterebi) (Japanese), telewizja kolorowa [feminine] (Polish), televisão a/em cores [feminine] (Portuguese), цветно́е телеви́дение (cvetnóje televídenije) [neuter] (Russian), färgtelevision [common-gender] (Swedish), färg-tv [common-gender] (Swedish), โทรทัศน์สี (too-rá-tát-sǐi) (Thai), ทีวีสี (tii-wii-sǐi) (Thai), renkli televizyon (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-colour_television-en-noun-K8KBNnUS Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, New Zealand English Disambiguation of Australian English: 2 98 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of New Zealand English: 3 97 Disambiguation of 'a colour television set': 5 95 Disambiguation of 'television in colour': 7 93

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      "word": "televisão a/em cores"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cvetnój televízor",
      "sense": "a colour television set",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "цветно́й телеви́зор"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a colour television set",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "färg-tv"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "too-rá-tát-sǐi",
      "sense": "a colour television set",
      "word": "โทรทัศน์สี"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tii-wii-sǐi",
      "sense": "a colour television set",
      "word": "ทีวีสี"
    }
  ],
  "word": "colour television"
}

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