tövöt

Tévét is the accusative form of the Hungarian noun tévé, meaning television. The term tévé is the informal word for television, derived from the longer te-levi-zió, i.e., televízió. In sentences, tévét appears when the television is the direct object of a verb, for example tévét néz (watch TV) or bekapcsolja a tévét (turn on the television). The form tévét follows standard Hungarian rules for the accusative case.

Etymology and usage context: The word tévé reflects the common Hungarian practice of shortening longer borrowings; tévé itself is widely used in everyday speech. The accusative tévét is not a separate lexical item but a grammatical inflection of tévé used to mark the object of a sentence. In neutral and formal writing, the longer term televízió is sometimes preferred, with tévé and tévét appearing mainly in colloquial or informal contexts.

Common constructions: As the object, tévét occurs with verbs like néz, kapcsol, vagy használ. Examples include: Ma este tévét nézünk. Megvettem a tévét. A tévét kikapcsolták, mert felhívták a rendes munkahelyét. These forms illustrate how tévét integrates into everyday Hungarian without changing the meaning of the underlying noun.

See also: Televízió, tévéshow, televíziós műsor. In everyday language, tévé and tévét are pervasive in discussing media consumption, household devices, and entertainment culture in Hungary.