biskop

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbəskɔp/

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

• (chess piece): loper

• (type of fish): bloubiskop, swartbiskop, witbiskop

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

• IPA^(key): /biskɔp/, [ˈb̥isɡ̊ʌb̥]

biskop c (singular definite biskoppen, plural indefinite biskopper)

1. bishop

• bisp

• biskop on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

From Dutch bisschop (“bishop”).

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

• (informal), see entry in Malay biskop.
• (informal), see uskup

• “biskop” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

From Dutch bisschop (“bishop”).

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

1. (chiefly Malaysia) bishop

• (Indonesia) uskup

• “biskop” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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

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

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

• erkebiskop
• fyrstbiskop

• “biskop” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪskʊp/, /²bɪskɔp/

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

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

• bisp

• erkebiskop
• fyrstbiskop

• “biskop” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiskɔp/

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biskop c

1. a bishop (church official)

• ärkebiskop
• biskopsmössa
• biskopsvigning

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪs.kɔp/

biskop c (plural biskoppen)

1. bishop (high-ranking church leader)