noun
Meaning 1
A follower or disciple.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
epigone
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛpəɡəʊn/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛpɪɡəʊn/
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US: /ˈɛpəɡoʊn/
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US: /ˈɛpɪɡoʊn/
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US: /ˈɛpəɡɑn/
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US: /ˈɛpɪɡɑn/
noun
Meaning 2
An undistinguished or inferior imitator of a well known artist or their style.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: imitator
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
an inferior imitator of some distinguished writer or artist of musician
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: epigon
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: copycat, imitator, emulator, ape, aper
History
Etymology
From French épigone, from Latin epigonus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίγονος (epígonos, “offspring, descendant”), from ἐπιγίγνομαι (epigígnomai, “to come after”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”), from γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to become”).
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: epígon — follower, disciple
- Danish: epigon — follower, disciple
- Dutch: epigoon — follower, disciple
- German: Epigone — follower, disciple
- German: Epigonin — follower, disciple
- Italian: epigono — follower, disciple
- Italian: epigona — follower, disciple
- Spanish: epígono — follower, disciple
- Catalan: epígon — imitator of artist or style
- Czech: epigon — imitator of artist or style
- Danish: epigon — imitator of artist or style
- German: Epigone — imitator of artist or style
- German: Epigonin — imitator of artist or style
- Hungarian: epigon — imitator of artist or style
- Indonesian: epigon — imitator of artist or style
- Italian: epigono — imitator of artist or style
- Italian: epigona — imitator of artist or style
- Norwegian: epigon — imitator of artist or style
- Polish: epigon — imitator of artist or style
- Swedish: epigon — imitator of artist or style