# episode
## 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: /ˈɛp.ɪ.səʊd/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈɛp.ə.soʊd/
** Audio (General American):(file)
* (General Australian) IPA: /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.
    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.
* 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: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

* appisode
* episodal
* episodial
* episodic
* episodical
* minisode
* mobisode
* multiepisode
* postepisode
* very special episode
* webisode

#### Descendants

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

#### Translations

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#### Further reading

* 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.

### Anagrams

* poesied

## Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

episode f (plural episoden or episodes, diminutive episodetje n)
* an episode (instalment)
* an episode (action, time period or sequence of events)

#### Synonyms

* (drama): aflevering

#### Derived terms

* episodisch

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: episode

## Indonesian
### Alternative forms

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

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

épisodê or épisodé
* episode (instalment of a drama told in parts)
* (less common) episode (incident or action connected with a series of events)
    Near-synonym: masa

#### Related terms

* episodik

### 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 of 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)
* an episode
* an incident

### 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)
* an episode
* an incident

### References

* “episode” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.