English Explanatory Dictionary

episode

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An incident, action, or time period standing out by itself, but more or less connected with a complete series of events.
  2. An installment of a drama told in parts, as in a TV series.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛp.ɪ.səʊd/ /ˈɛp.ə.soʊd/ en-us-episode.ogg /ˈep.ɪ.səʉd/

Word forms

episode episodes

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”).

Synonyms

event proceeding affair befalling episode goings-on happening hap incident occasion occurrence

Derived words

appisode beach episode Carnian pluvial episode episodal episodial episodic episodical minisode mobisode multiepisode postepisode three-episode rule very special episode webisode
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