Meanings
nouncable television (uncountable)
alternative cable TV
- uncountableTelevision 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
nountelevision that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic تِلِفِزْيُون كَبْلِيّ
- تِلِفِزْيُون كَبْلِيّ (tilifizyūn kabliyy)television received through coaxial cables
Bulgarian ка́белна телеви́зия
- ка́белна телеви́зия (kábelna televízija)television received through coaxial cables
Chinese Mandarin 有線電視 /有线电视
- 有線電視 /有线电视 (yǒuxiàn diànshì)television received through coaxial cables
Czech kabelová televize
- kabelová televizetelevision received through coaxial cables
Danish kabel-tv, kabel-TV
- kabel-tvtelevision received through coaxial cables
- kabel-TVtelevision received through coaxial cables
Dutch kabeltelevisie
- kabeltelevisietelevision received through coaxial cables
Finnish kaapelitelevisio
- kaapelitelevisiotelevision received through coaxial cables
French télévision par câble, câblodiffusion
- télévision par câbletelevision received through coaxial cables
- câblodiffusiontelevision received through coaxial cables
- câblodistributiontelevision received through coaxial cables
German Kabelfernsehen
- Kabelfernsehentelevision received through coaxial cables
Hindi केबल टीवी
- केबल टीवी (kebal ṭīvī)television received through coaxial cables
Hungarian kábeltelevízió
- kábeltelevíziótelevision received through coaxial cables
Japanese ケーブルテレビ
- ケーブルテレビ (kēburuterebi)television received through coaxial cables
Korean 케이블 텔레비전, 케이블 텔레비
- 케이블 텔레비전 (keibeul tellebijeon)television received through coaxial cables
- 케이블 텔레비 (keibeul tellebi)television received through coaxial cables
Latvian kabeļtelevīzija
- kabeļtelevīzijatelevision received through coaxial cables
Malay televisyen kabel
- televisyen kabeltelevision received through coaxial cables
Persian تلویزیون کابلی
- تلویزیون کابلی (televiziyon-e kâbli)television received through coaxial cables
Polish telewizja kablowa, kablówka
- telewizja kablowatelevision received through coaxial cables
- kablówkatelevision received through coaxial cables
Portuguese televisão a cabo
- televisão a cabotelevision received through coaxial cables
Romanian televiziune prin cablu
- televiziune prin cablutelevision received through coaxial cables
Russian ка́бельное телеви́дение
- ка́бельное телеви́дение (kábelʹnoje televídenije)television received through coaxial cables
Spanish televisión por cable, cablevisión
- televisión por cabletelevision received through coaxial cables
- cablevisióntelevision received through coaxial cables
Swedish kabel-tv
- kabel-tvtelevision received through coaxial cables
Thai โทรทัศน์ผ่านสายเคเบิล
- โทรทัศน์ผ่านสายเคเบิล (toh-rá-tát pàan săai-kay-bêrn)television received through coaxial cables
Ukrainian кабельне телебачення
- кабельне телебачення (kabelʹne telebačennja)television received through coaxial cables
Urdu کیبل ٹی وی
- کیبل ٹی وی (kebal ṭī-vī)television received through coaxial cables
Vietnamese truyền hình cáp, truyền hình hữu tuyến
- truyền hình cáptelevision received through coaxial cables
- truyền hình hữu tuyếntelevision received through coaxial cables
Cite this entry
APA
cable television. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cable%20television
MLA
“cable television.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cable%20television. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cable television,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cable%20television.
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