small screen

small screen

English

Noun

small screen

1. (broadcasting) The broadcast or cable television screen, as opposed to the cinema screen (or big screen); by extension, the television programs themselves.
   • 2018, Ferran Adrià, “What's on Netflix and Amazon this month – July 2018”, in w:The Guardian:

     "Marvel’s attempts to conquer TV as comprehensively as it has done cinema continues with what might be its most distinctive small-screen effort yet."

   Jane Smith made her small-screen debut in 1998, appearing as a patient in a hospital drama.

Antonyms

• big screen

Translations

broadcast or cable television screen

Chinese: Mandarin: 電視 (zh), 电视 (zh) (diànshì) Dutch: kleine scherm n Finnish: kuvaruutu (fi) French: petit écran (fr) Greek: μικρή οθόνη (el) f (mikrí othóni) Hebrew: המסך הקטן‎ (he) m (hamasakh hakatan) Italian: piccolo schermo m Macedonian: мал екра́н m (mal ekrán), ма́ли екра́ни m pl (máli ekráni) Polish: mały ekran (pl) m Romanian: micul ecran (ro) n Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: pequeña pantalla f (Spain), pantalla chica f (Argentina, Uruguay)