episode

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English

Etymology

From French épisode, from New Latin *epīsodium, from Ancient Greek ἐπεισόδιον (epeisódion, “a parenthetic addition, episode”), neuter of ἐπεισόδιος (epeisódios, “following upon the entrance, coming in besides, adventitious”), from ἐπί (epí, “on”) + εἰς (eis, “into”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛp.ɪ.səʊd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛp.ə.soʊd/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈep.ɪ.səʉd/
• Hyphenation: epi‧sode

Noun

episode (plural episodes)

1. An incident, action, or time period standing out by itself, but more or less connected with a complete series of events.

   Synonyms: event, proceeding; see also Thesaurus:occurrence
2. An installment of a drama told in parts, as in a TV series.

Hyponyms

• (instalment of a TV series): bottle episode

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Irish: eipeasóid
• → Japanese: エピソード (episōdo)
• → Korean: 에피소드 (episodeu)
• → Malay: episod

Translations

Further reading

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “episode”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “episode”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• poesied

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French épisode, from Ancient Greek ἐπεισόδιον (epeisódion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌeː.piˈsoː.də/
• Hyphenation: epi‧so‧de
• Rhymes: -oːdə

Noun

episode f (plural episoden or episodes, diminutive episodetje n)

1. an episode (instalment)
2. an episode (action, time period or sequence of events)

Synonyms

• (drama): aflevering

Derived terms

• episodisch

Descendants

• → Indonesian: episode

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• episod (nonstandard, but standard in Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore)

Etymology

From Dutch episode, from French épisode, from Ancient Greek ἐπεισόδιον (epeisódion).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian)
  • IPA^(key): /epiˈsodə/ [e.piˈso.də]
    • Rhymes: -odə
  • IPA^(key): /epiˈsode/ [e.piˈso.de]
    • Rhymes: -ode
• Syllabification: e‧pi‧so‧de

Noun

épisodê or épisodé

1. episode; instalment of a drama told in parts
2. episode; incident or action connected with a series of events

   Near-synonym: (more common) masa

Related terms

Further reading

• “episode” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπεισόδιον (epeisódion), via French épisode.

Noun

episode m (definite singular episoden, indefinite plural episoder, definite plural episodene)

1. an episode
2. an incident

References

• “episode” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπεισόδιον (epeisódion), via French épisode.

Noun

episode m (definite singular episoden, indefinite plural episodar, definite plural episodane)

1. an episode
2. an incident

References

• “episode” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.