biskop

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From Afrikaans.

biskop (plural biskops)

1. Any of the species Cymatoceps nasutus and Sparodon durbanensis of large gamefish of South Africa.

• black biskop (Cymatoceps nasutus)
• white biskop (Sparodon durbanensis, syn. Sparus durbanensis)

• “biskop”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Cymatoceps on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Sparodon durbanensis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cymatoceps nasutus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Sparodon durbanensis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

From Dutch bisschop, from Middle Dutch bischop, from Old Dutch biskop, from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbəskɔp/

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biskop (plural biskoppe, diminutive biskoppie)

1. (Christianity) bishop; high-ranking priest of the Roman-Catholic and Anglican churches
2. (chess) bishop; chess piece that moves diagonally
3. one of two types of fish from the family Sparidae

• (chess piece): loper

• (type of fish): bloubiskop, swartbiskop, witbiskop

From Old Norse biskup, from Latin episcopus (“overseer, supervisor”), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”).

• IPA^(key): /biskɔp/,

biskop c (singular definite biskoppen, plural indefinite biskopper)

1. bishop

• bisp

• biskop on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Borrowed from Dutch bisschop (“bishop”), from Middle Dutch bischop, from Old Dutch biskop, from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos). Doublet of uskup.

biskop (first-person possessive biskopku, second-person possessive biskopmu, third-person possessive biskopnya)

1. (Christianity, Catholicism, informal) synonym of uskup

• “biskop” 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.

Borrowed from Dutch bisschop (“bishop”), from Middle Dutch bischop, from Old Dutch biskop, from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos). Doublet of uskup.

biskop (Jawi spelling بيسکوڤ, plural biskop-biskop, informal 1st possessive biskopku, 2nd possessive biskopmu, 3rd possessive biskopnya)

1. (Christianity, Catholicism) bishop

   Synonym: uskup

• “biskop” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:

biskop

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From Old Norse biskup, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + σκοπός (skopós, “watcher”), used in Greek and Latin both generally and as a title of civil officers.

biskop m (definite singular biskopen, indefinite plural biskoper, definite plural biskopene)

1. a bishop (church official, head of a diocese)

• erkebiskop
• fyrstbiskop

• “biskop” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

biskop

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From Old Norse biskup, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + σκοπός (skopós, “watcher”), used in Greek and Latin both generally and as a title of civil officers.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪskʊp/, /²bɪskɔp/

biskop m (definite singular biskopen, indefinite plural biskopar, definite plural biskopane)

1. a bishop (church official, head of a diocese)

• bisp

• erkebiskop
• fyrstbiskop

• “biskop” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

biskop

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From Old Swedish biskoper, biskuper (with more spellings), from Old Norse biskup, from Latin episcopus (“overseer, supervisor”), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”).

• IPA^(key): /²bɪsːˌkɔp/

• Audio:

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biskop c

1. a bishop (church official)

• biskopat
• biskopinna
• biskoplig

• biskop in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• biskop in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• biskop in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• biskop in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

From Old Frisian biscop, from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪs.kɔp/

biskop c (plural biskoppen)

1. bishop (high-ranking church leader)