EPIC

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛp.ɪk/
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• Australian: /ˈep.ɪk/
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• Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• homophone: epoch (one pronunciation)
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• rhymes with -ɛpɪk
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• CMU ARPABET: EH1 P IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle French épique, from Latin epicus, from Ancient Greek ἐπικός (epikós), from ἔπος (épos, “word, story”).

From epi-, from Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “on top of”).

162 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَلْحَمِيّ (malḥamiyy) — of, or relating to, an epic
• Belarusian: эпі́чны (epíčny) — of, or relating to, an epic
• Bulgarian: епичен (epičen) — of, or relating to, an epic
• Catalan: èpic — of, or relating to, an epic
• Czech: epický — of, or relating to, an epic
• Czech: výpravný — of, or relating to, an epic
• Danish: episk — of, or relating to, an epic
• Dutch: episch — of, or relating to, an epic
• Esperanto: epopea — of, or relating to, an epic
• Finnish: eeppinen — of, or relating to, an epic
• French: épique — of, or relating to, an epic
• Galician: épico — of, or relating to, an epic
• German: episch — of, or relating to, an epic
• Greek: επικός (epikós) — of, or relating to, an epic
• Ancient Greek: ἐπικός (epikós) — of, or relating to, an epic
• Malayalam: ഐതിഹാസിക (aitihāsika) — of, or relating to, an epic
• Manx: ard-skeealagh — of, or relating to, an epic
• Norwegian: episk — of, or relating to, an epic
• Polish: epicki — of, or relating to, an epic
• Polish: epiczny — of, or relating to, an epic
• Portuguese: épico — of, or relating to, an epic
• Romanian: epic — of, or relating to, an epic
• Russian: эпи́ческий (epíčeskij) — of, or relating to, an epic
• Spanish: épico — of, or relating to, an epic
• Swedish: episk — of, or relating to, an epic
• Tagalog: epiko — of, or relating to, an epic
• Turkish: epik — of, or relating to, an epic
• Ukrainian: епі́чний (epíčnyj) — of, or relating to, an epic
• Belarusian: эпі́чны (epíčny) — momentously heroic
• Catalan: èpic — momentously heroic
• Dutch: episch — momentously heroic
• Dutch: heldhaftig — momentously heroic
• French: épique — momentously heroic
• German: episch — momentously heroic
• Malayalam: ഐതിഹാസിക (aitihāsika) — momentously heroic
• Manx: ard-skeealagh — momentously heroic
• Portuguese: épico — momentously heroic
• Russian: эпи́ческий (epíčeskij) — momentously heroic
• Spanish: épico — momentously heroic
• Swedish: episk — momentously heroic
• Ukrainian: епі́чний (epíčnyj) — momentously heroic
• Danish: storslået — extraordinary
• Dutch: episch — extraordinary
• Finnish: mieletön — extraordinary
• Finnish: mahtava — extraordinary
• German: außergewöhnlich — extraordinary
• German: wahnsinnig — extraordinary
• German: Wahnsinns- — extraordinary
• German: toll — extraordinary
• German: denkwürdig — extraordinary
• Japanese: 壮大な (soudai na) — extraordinary
• Norwegian: storslått — extraordinary
• Polish: epicki — extraordinary
• Portuguese: épico — extraordinary
• Portuguese: extraordinário — extraordinary
• Spanish: épico — extraordinary
• Spanish: epopéyico — extraordinary
• Swedish: episk — extraordinary
• Thai: สูงส่ง (sǔung-sòng) — extraordinary
• Albanian: epos — extended narrative poem
• Arabic: مَلْحَمَة (malḥama) — extended narrative poem
• Armenian: էպոս (ēpos) — extended narrative poem
• Azerbaijani: dastan — extended narrative poem
• Azerbaijani: epos — extended narrative poem
• Belarusian: э́пас (épas) — extended narrative poem
• Bengali: মহাকাব্য (mohakabbo) — extended narrative poem
• Bulgarian: епопе́я (epopéja) — extended narrative poem
• Bulgarian: е́пос (épos) — extended narrative poem
• Burmese: ပျို့ (pyui.) — extended narrative poem
• Catalan: epopeia — extended narrative poem
• Chinese Cantonese: 史詩 /史诗 (si2 si1) — extended narrative poem
• Chinese: шысы (šɨsɨ) — extended narrative poem
• Chinese: 史詩 /史诗 (sú-si) — extended narrative poem
• Chinese Mandarin: 史詩 /史诗 (shǐshī) — extended narrative poem
• Wu Chinese: 史詩 /史诗 (5sy-sy) — extended narrative poem
• Czech: epos — extended narrative poem
• Danish: epos — extended narrative poem
• Dutch: epos — extended narrative poem
• Dutch: heldendicht — extended narrative poem
• Esperanto: epopeo — extended narrative poem
• Estonian: eepos — extended narrative poem
• Finnish: eepos — extended narrative poem
• French: épopée — extended narrative poem
• Galician: epopea — extended narrative poem
• Georgian: ეპოსი (eṗosi) — extended narrative poem
• German: Epos — extended narrative poem
• Greek: έπος (épos) — extended narrative poem
• Ancient Greek: ἔπος (épos) — extended narrative poem
• Hebrew: אֶפּוֹס (épos) — extended narrative poem
• Hindi: महाकाव्य (mahākāvya) — extended narrative poem
• Hungarian: eposz — extended narrative poem
• Icelandic: söguljóð — extended narrative poem
• Icelandic: hetjuljóð — extended narrative poem
• Indonesian: epik — extended narrative poem
• Indonesian: epos — extended narrative poem
• Indonesian: wiracarita — extended narrative poem
• Italian: epico — extended narrative poem
• Japanese: 叙事詩 (jojishi) — extended narrative poem
• Japanese: エピック (epikku) — extended narrative poem
• Karelian: eepossa — extended narrative poem
• Kazakh: дастан (dastan) — extended narrative poem
• Khmer: ឥតិហាស (ʼetehaah) — extended narrative poem
• Korean: 서사시 (seosasi) — extended narrative poem
• Korean: 에픽 (epik) — extended narrative poem
• Kyrgyz: дастан (dastan) — extended narrative poem
• Kyrgyz: эпос (epos) — extended narrative poem
• Lao: ມະຫາກາບ (ma hā kāp) — extended narrative poem
• Latvian: eposs — extended narrative poem
• Lithuanian: epas — extended narrative poem
• Macedonian: еп (ep) — extended narrative poem
• Malay: epik — extended narrative poem
• Manx: ard-skeeal — extended narrative poem
• Māori: waiata rāwekeweke — extended narrative poem
• Mongolian: тууль (tuulʹ) — extended narrative poem
• Norwegian Bokmål: epos — extended narrative poem
• Iranian Persian: حَماسِه (hamâse) — extended narrative poem
• Iranian Persian: داسْتان (dâstân) — extended narrative poem
• Polish: epos — extended narrative poem
• Polish: epopeja — extended narrative poem
• Polish: poemat epicki — extended narrative poem
• Portuguese: épico — extended narrative poem
• Portuguese: epopeia — extended narrative poem
• Romanian: epopee — extended narrative poem
• Russian: э́пос (épos) — extended narrative poem
• Sanskrit: महाकाव्य (mahākāvya) — extended narrative poem
• Sanskrit: इतिहास (itihāsa) — extended narrative poem
• Serbo-Croatian: е̑п — extended narrative poem
• Serbo-Croatian: ȇp — extended narrative poem
• Slovak: epos — extended narrative poem
• Slovene: ep — extended narrative poem
• Spanish: epopeya — extended narrative poem
• Swedish: epos — extended narrative poem
• Tagalog: darangan — extended narrative poem
• Tagalog: epika — extended narrative poem
• Tajik: эпос (epos) — extended narrative poem
• Tajik: ҳамоса (hamosa) — extended narrative poem
• Tajik: достон (doston) — extended narrative poem
• Tatar: дастан (dastan) — extended narrative poem
• Tatar: эпос (epos) — extended narrative poem
• Thai: มหากาพย์ (má-hǎa-gàap) — extended narrative poem
• Turkish: destan — extended narrative poem
• Ukrainian: е́пос (épos) — extended narrative poem
• Uyghur: داستان (dastan) — extended narrative poem
• Uzbek: doston — extended narrative poem
• Uzbek: epos — extended narrative poem
• Vietnamese: sử thi — extended narrative poem
• Belarusian: эпапе́я (epapjéja) — events appropriate to an epic
• Bulgarian: епопе́я (epopéja) — events appropriate to an epic
• Dutch: episch gebeuren/verhaal — events appropriate to an epic
• Dutch: heldendaden — events appropriate to an epic
• Finnish: eepos — events appropriate to an epic
• German: Epos — events appropriate to an epic
• German: Epopöe — events appropriate to an epic
• Italian: epico — events appropriate to an epic
• Kazakh: дәуірнама (däuırnama) — events appropriate to an epic
• Macedonian: епопе́ја (epopéja) — events appropriate to an epic
• Manx: ard-skeeal — events appropriate to an epic
• Russian: эпопе́я (epopéja) — events appropriate to an epic
• Serbo-Croatian: епопе́ја — events appropriate to an epic
• Serbo-Croatian: epopéja — events appropriate to an epic
• Ukrainian: епопе́я (epopéja) — events appropriate to an epic
• Uzbek: epopeya — events appropriate to an epic