episode

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”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛp.ɪ.səʊd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛp.ə.soʊd/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈep.ɪ.səʉd/
• Hyphenation: epi‧sode

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.

   Synonyms: event, proceeding; see also Thesaurus:occurrence

   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.

• (instalment of a TV series): bottle episode

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

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “episode”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “episode”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• poesied

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌeː.piˈsoː.də/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: epi‧so‧de
• Rhymes: -oːdə

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

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

• (drama): aflevering

• episodisch

• → Indonesian: episode

• episod (nonstandard, but standard in Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore)

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

• (Standard Indonesian)
  • IPA^(key): /epiˈsodə/ [e.piˈso.də]
    • Rhymes: -odə
  • IPA^(key): /epiˈsode/ [e.piˈso.de]
    • Rhymes: -ode
• Syllabification: e‧pi‧so‧de

épisodê or épisodé (plural episode-episode)

1. episode; instalment of a drama told in parts
2. episode; incident or action connected with a series of events

   Near-synonym: (more common) masa

• “episode” 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.

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

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

1. an episode
2. an incident

• “episode” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

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

1. an episode
2. an incident

• “episode” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.