Meanings
plural CCTVs
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of closed-circuit television; video surveillance.
There is CCTV in the coach, so anyone planning to pilfer a flapjack may well be seen!
2019 October 23, Pip Dunn, “The next king of Scotland”, in Rail, page 522 more examples
Two months later Devon walked into Khandi’s Gem Express and Jewellery on the high road, with a kid from south Kilburn, Curtis Ainger, and a gun. Smile, you’re on CCTV. Nineteen when he went in. Twenty-three, this summer.
2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 165“I think it’s fair to anticipate that the use of CCTV and facial recognition technology in Hong Kong will begin to look a lot like those in mainland China over time,” she said.
2024 October 5, Jessie Yeung, “Hong Kong plans to install thousands of surveillance cameras. Critics say it’s more proof the city is moving closer to China”, in CNN
- ChinaabbreviationinitialismbroadcastingInitialism of China Central Television.
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 閉路電視 /闭路电视, 中國中央電視臺 /中国中央电视台
- 閉路電視 /闭路电视 (bìlù diànshì)closed circuit television
- 中國中央電視臺 /中国中央电视台 (Zhōngguó Zhōngyāng Diànshìtái)China Central Television
- 央視 /央视 (Yāngshì)China Central Television
Danish tv-overvågning, videoovervågning
- tv-overvågningclosed circuit television
- videoovervågningclosed circuit television
- overvågningskameraclosed circuit television
Finnish kameravalvonta, CCTV
- kameravalvontaclosed circuit television
- CCTVChina Central Television
French vidéosurveillance, CCTV
- vidéosurveillanceclosed circuit television
- CCTVChina Central Television
German Videoüberwachung, Überwachungskamera
- Videoüberwachungclosed circuit television
- Überwachungskameraclosed circuit television
Hindi बंद परिपथ दूरदर्शन
- बंद परिपथ दूरदर्शन (band paripath dūrdarśan)closed circuit television
Hungarian kamerás megfigyelőrendszer, térfigyelő kamera
- kamerás megfigyelőrendszerclosed circuit television
- térfigyelő kameraclosed circuit television
Japanese 中国中央電視台, 中国中央テレビジョン
- 中国中央電視台 (Chūgoku Chūō Denshidai)China Central Television
- 中国中央テレビジョン (Chūgoku Chūō Terebijon)China Central Television
Norwegian Bokmål kameraovervåkning, kameraovervåking
- kameraovervåkningclosed circuit television
- kameraovervåkingclosed circuit television
Polish telewizja przemysłowa, telewizja obserwacyjna
- telewizja przemysłowaclosed circuit television
- telewizja obserwacyjnaclosed circuit television
- monitoringclosed circuit television
- wideonadzórclosed circuit television
- CCTVChina Central Television
Russian видеонаблюде́ние
- видеонаблюде́ние (videonabljudénije)closed circuit television
Spanish circuito cerrado de televisión
- circuito cerrado de televisiónclosed circuit television
Turkish kapalı devre televizyon, MOBESE
- kapalı devre televizyonclosed circuit television
- MOBESEclosed circuit television
Welsh TCC
- TCCclosed circuit television
Cite this entry
CCTV. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/CCTV
“CCTV.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/CCTV. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “CCTV,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/CCTV.
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