telegiornale

television news

noun teh-leh-jor-NAH-leh Rare

Origin: Italian compound: tele- (television) + giornale (newspaper/journal), coined mid-20th century.

Also means

news broadcast

Usage Note

Telegiornale is the standard term for a TV news programme; its common abbreviation is TG (pronounced 'tee-JEE'), so il TG1 refers to the main news bulletin on RAI 1. Unlike English 'news', it is always singular and takes the masculine article il.

Examples

"Il telegiornale inizia alle otto di sera."

Natural Translation

The news starts at eight in the evening.

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