episkop

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Polish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛˈpis.kɔp/
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  • Rhymes: -iskɔp
  • Syllabification: e‧pis‧kop

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin episcopus. Doublet of biskup.

Noun

episkop m pers

  1. (dated, Eastern Christianity) bishop
Declension

Etymology 2

From epi- +‎ -skop.

Noun

episkop m inan (related adjective episkopowy)

  1. episcope (form of projector that projects images of opaque objects)
Declension

Further reading

  • episkop in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • episkop in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, overseer, supervisor).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ěpiskop/
  • Hyphenation: e‧pi‧skop

Noun

èpiskop m (Cyrillic spelling ѐпископ)

  1. bishop
Declension

Etymology 2

From epi- +‎ skop.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ěpiskop/
  • Hyphenation: e‧pi‧skop

Noun

èpiskop m (Cyrillic spelling ѐпископ)

  1. episcope
Declension