English Explanatory Dictionary

KTV

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Karaoke television, a form of interactive musical entertainment.
  2. Karaoke box, a karaoke entertainment establishment.
name
  1. Kondatam Television (a popular Tamil TV channel)

Word forms

KTV KTVs

Etymology

From Chinese KTV. Late 1980s Taiwanese Pseudo-English initialism from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke) + English TV. Modelled after the earlier MTV "movie TV", which in turn repurposed the initialism from the earlier meaning "music TV", copied from the American cable TV network of that name. This term is chiefly used in mainland China, Taiwan and Cambodia and Chinese speakers globally.

Related words

MTV

Derived words

DTV lup sup KTV RTV
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