television
çekim: çoğul Glotzen · tamlayan Glotzen
eş: Fernsehapparat, Fernsehempfänger, Fernseher, Fernsehgerät, Filzlatschenkino, Flimmerkiste
köken: Derived from the colloquial term glotzen (“to stare”).
television; telly, box
çekim: çoğul téloches
köken: From télé + -oche.
Il avait envie de téloche le samedi soir, de se trouver un job régulier[…].
(UK, Canada) idiot box, (US) boob tube (television, television set, telly)
çekim: çoğul cajas bobas
köken: Literally, “silly box”.
television
çekim: çoğul treurbuizen
eş: kijkdoos, tv-toestel, televisietoestel, teevee, kijkdoos
köken: Compound of treuren (“to grieve, to be sad”) + buis (“tube, cathode ray tube”). Coined by Gerrit Komrij as a pejorative.
idiot box, boob tube (the television)
çekim: çoğul χαζοκούτια
köken: From χαζός (chazós) χαζο- (chazo-, “stupid, idiotic”) + κουτί (koutí, “box”).
Όλη μέρα κάθεται και κοιτάει το χαζοκούτι αντί να μελετάει.
television, telly
çekim: çoğul telkkarit · tamlayan telkkarin
köken: Equivalent to telkka + -ari.
television, TV · a television set
çekim: çoğul imbakassar · tamlayan imbakassa
köken: From imbi (“idiot”) + kassi (“box”); compare the English idiot box.