episode

From French épisode, from New Latin *episodium, 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): /ˈɛpɪsəʊd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.pəˌsɵʊ̯d/

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• Hyphenation: epi‧sode

episode (plural episodes)

1. An incident or action 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 245514W:

     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.

2. An instalment 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.

• (instalment of a TV series): bottle episode

• episodic
• episodical

• episode in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• episode in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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

1. An episode, either sense

• (drama): aflevering

• episodisch

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.