reality show
English
Noun
reality show (plural reality shows)
Translations
a reality television program
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Further reading
- reality television on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English reality show.
Noun
reality show m (plural reality shows)
- (television) reality show (a reality television program)
- Synonym: reality
Further reading
- reality show in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- reality show in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- reality show in Dizionario di Italiano online - La Repubblica
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English reality show.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /riˈa.li.ti ˈʂɔw/
- Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]
Noun
reality show m inan (indeclinable)
Further reading
- reality show in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- reality show in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English reality show.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈa.li.t͡ʃi ˈʃow/ [heˈa.li.t͡ʃi ˈʃoʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁeˈa.li.t͡ʃi ˈʃow/ [χeˈa.li.t͡ʃi ˈʃoʊ̯]
Noun
reality show m (plural reality shows)
- (television) reality show (a reality television program)
Further reading
- “reality show”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “reality show”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English reality show.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reˌaliti ˈʃou/ [reˌa.li.t̪i ˈʃou̯]
Noun
reality show m (plural reality shows)
- (television) reality show (a reality television program)
- Synonyms: reality, programa de telerrealidad
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.
Further reading
- “reality show”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- “show reality show” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.