Everyday life
télé
AbbreviationStandardA1Meaning
télévision
Television, the set as well as the programmes: « regarder la télé », « passer à la télé ». The full word has become almost rare in speech.
How it is said
télé
Gender and article
la télé · feminine
Where you meet it
A conversation, a TV guide, a rental advert.
Example
Le match est à la télé ce soir à 21 h, sur la 2.
The match is on TV (télé) tonight at 9 pm, on channel 2.
In the DELF
listening A1 · reading A1
Watch out
Feminine: la télé. Two accents, and the word is accepted in an A1 or A2 paper.
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