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/
Audio (GA) (file)
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈep.ɪ.səʉd/
- Hyphenation: epi‧sode
Noun
episode (plural episodes)
- An incident, action, or time period standing out by itself, but more or less connected with a complete series of events.
- It was a most embarrassing episode in my life.
- 1935, Francis Beeding [pseudonym; John Palmer], “10/6”, in The Norwich Victims, →OL:
- The Attorney-General, however, had used this episode, which Martin in retrospect had felt to be a blot on the scutcheon, merely to emphasise the intelligence and resource of the prisoner.
- 2017, Anthony J. McMichael, Alistair Woodward, Cameron Muir, Climate Change and the Health of Nations, →ISBN, page 81:
- Three of the great extinctions appear to have occurred during cold episodes and two during hot episodes.
- An instalment of a drama told in parts, as in a TV series.
- I can't wait till next week’s episode.
- 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): ‘Marge Gets A Job’ (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The A.V. Club:
- We all know how genius “Kamp Krusty,” “A Streetcar Named Marge,” “Homer The Heretic,” “Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie” and “Mr. Plow” are, but even the relatively unheralded episodes offer wall-to-wall laughs and some of the smartest, darkest, and weirdest gags ever Trojan-horsed into a network cartoon with a massive family audience.
Hyponyms
- (instalment of a TV series): bottle episode
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
incident or action connected with a series of events
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instalment of a drama told in parts
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Further reading
- “episode”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “episode”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French épisode, from Ancient Greek ἐπεισόδιον (epeisódion).
Pronunciation
Noun
episode f (plural episoden or episodes, diminutive episodetje n)
Synonyms
- (drama): aflevering
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Indonesian: episode
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch episode, from French épisode, from Ancient Greek ἐπεισόδιον (epeisódion).
Pronunciation
Noun
èpisodê (first-person possessive episodeku, second-person possessive episodemu, third-person possessive episodenya)
- episode: an incident, action, or time period standing out by itself, but more or less connected with a complete series of events.
Alternative forms
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 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)
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)
References
- “episode” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.