talk show

See also: talkshow and talk-show

English

Noun

talk show (plural talk shows)

1. (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

Derived terms

• tabloid talk 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

• Arabic: بَرْنَامَج حِوَارِيّ m (barnāmaj ḥiwāriyy)
• Armenian: զրույց-հանդես (zruycʻ-handes)
• 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 (トークばんぐみ, tōku bangumi), トークショー (tōkushō)
• Korean: 토크 쇼 (tokeu syo)
• Malay: bicarawara, rancangan temu bual
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: تاک شُوْ (tâk šow)

• 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)

See also

• call-in show

Anagrams

• hotwalks

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English talk show.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtoɡ ˈʃou/ [ˌt̪oɣ̞ ˈʃou̯]

Noun

talk show m (plural talk shows)

1. (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.