talk show

See also: talkshow and talk-show

English

Noun

talk show (plural talk shows)

(broadcasting) A television or radio programme in which a host converses on various topics with guests who may be experts, celebrities, or members of the listening or viewing audience.
Synonym: (Britain) chat show

Descendants

→ Danish: talkshow
→ Korean: 토크쇼 (tokeusyo)
→ Polish: talk-show
→ Russian: ток-шо́у (tok-šóu)
→ Spanish: talk show
→ Swedish: talkshow

Translations

TV or radio programme in which a host converses with guests

Belarusian: ток-шо́у n (tok-šóu)
Bulgarian: то́кшоу m (tókšou)
Catalan: tertúlia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 脫口秀／脱口秀 (zh) (tuōkǒuxiù)
Czech: talkshow f, rozhovory m pl
Dutch: praatprogramma (nl) n, talkshow (nl) m
Finnish: keskusteluohjelma
French: débat télévisé m, talk-show (fr) m
German: Talkshow (de) f
Hungarian: talkshow
Japanese: トーク番組 (tōku-bangumi), トークショー (tōkushō)
Korean: 토크 쇼 (tokeu syo)
Malay: bicarawara, rancangan temu bual
Polish: talk-show (pl) m
Russian: ток-шо́у (ru) n (tok-šóu)
Spanish: tertulia (es) f
Swedish: pratshow c
Ukrainian: ток-шо́у n (tok-šóu)

Anagrams

hotwalks

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English talk show.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌtoɡ ˈʃou/ [ˌt̪oɣ̞ ˈʃou̯]

Noun

talk show m (plural talk shows)

(television) talk show

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.