テレビジョン

also: テレヴィジョン

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

Refers to the medium, technology, or a television set. In modern Japanese, テレビ is overwhelmingly more common; テレビジョン is formal, technical, or dated.

The history of television broadcasting is long.

この部屋へやにはテレビジョンが一いち台だいある。

There is one television set in this room.

テレビN5
テレビ is the everyday abbreviation used in almost all speech and writing, while テレビジョン is the formal, technical, or dated full form.
テレ
テレビジョン is the full loanword for television that テレ abbreviates, but it now sounds formal or old-fashioned compared to テレビ.

台だいN4
stand; base; platform; table; rack · setting (of a gem); mounting · stock (in grafting) · counter for machines and vehicles · level; mark; range; decade (of one's life) · tall building (with a fine view); observation platform · plateau; heights

テレビジョンUsage99%
Standard katakana spelling for 'television'.
テレヴィジョンUsage1%
irregular kana usage
Irregular kana variant; reflects an older or more phonetic transliteration of 'television'.

Borrowed from English 'television'.