episode

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English

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Etymology

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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).

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Noun

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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.
    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.
  2. An installment 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[1]:
      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.

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Descendants

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

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Dutch

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

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

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɛpiˈsodə]
  • Hyphenation: èpi‧so‧dê

Noun

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èpisodê (first-person possessive episodeku, second-person possessive episodemu, third-person possessive episodenya)

  1. episode: an incident, action, or time period standing out by itself, but more or less connected with a complete series of events.
    Synonyms: kejadian, peristiwa

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. an episode
  2. an incident

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. an episode
  2. an incident

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