biskop

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Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

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Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biskɔp/, [ˈb̥isɡ̊ʌb̥]

Noun

biskop c (singular definite biskoppen, plural indefinite biskopper)

  1. bishop

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch bisschop (bishop).

Noun

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

  1. (informal), see entry in Malay biskop.
  2. (informal), see uskup

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Malay

Etymology

From Dutch bisschop (bishop).

Noun

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

  1. (chiefly Malaysia) bishop

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Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nb

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, overseer) and Old Norse biskup

Noun

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

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɪskʊp/, /²bɪskɔp/

Noun

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

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

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbiskɔp/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

biskop c

  1. a bishop (church official)

Declension

Declension of biskop 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative biskop biskopen biskopar biskoparna
Genitive biskops biskopens biskopars biskoparnas

West Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

biskop c (plural biskoppen)

  1. bishop (high-ranking church leader)