Standard Lemma guide

episode

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛp.ɪ.səʊd/
  • General-American: /ˈɛp.ə.soʊd/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈep.ɪ.səʉd/
  • rhymes with -əʊd
  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 P AH0 S OW2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: EH1 P IH0 S OW2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A discrete but connected event, situation, or period within a broader sequence, narrative, or life course.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • It was a most embarrassing episode in my life.

Meaning relationships

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

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A bounded narrative unit within a television series, constituting a single installment that is structurally discrete yet interrelated with the series as a whole.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: broadcasting, film, media, radio, television

Examples

  • I can't wait till next week’s episode.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sequence

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: film, photographic film

4

noun

Meaning 4

a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: section, subdivision

5

noun

Meaning 5

a part of a broadcast serial

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: installment, instalment

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: broadcast, program, programme

Narrower terms: cliffhanger

6

noun

Meaning 6

a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event

Narrower terms: drama, dramatic event, chapter, idyll

History

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”).

Across languages

Translations

170 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَادِثَة (ḥādiṯa) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Arabic: وَاقِعَة (wāqiʕa) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Azerbaijani: vaqiə — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Azerbaijani: hadisə — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Bashkir: ваҡиға (vaqiğa) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Basque: gertaera — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Belarusian: эпізо́д (epizód) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Belarusian: падзе́я (padzjéja) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Bulgarian: слу́чка (slúčka) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Bulgarian: епизо́д (epizód) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Bulgarian: съби́тие (sǎbítie) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Catalan: episodi — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Chinese Mandarin: 事件 (shìjiàn) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Chinese Mandarin: 插曲 (chāqǔ) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Danish: episode — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Danish: hændelse — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Dutch: gebeuren — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Dutch: episode — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Finnish: tapaus — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Finnish: episodi — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • French: épisode — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Galician: episodio — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • German: Episode — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Greek: επεισόδιο (epeisódio) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Hungarian: esemény — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Hungarian: epizód — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Icelandic: atvik — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Indonesian: episode — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Irish: eachtra — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Irish: teagmhas — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Italian: episodio — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Japanese: 出来事 (dekigoto) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Japanese: 挿話 (sōwa) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Japanese: エピソード (episōdo) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Japanese: 逸話 (itsuwa) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Kazakh: оқиға (oqiğa) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Korean: 사건 (sageon) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Korean: 삽화 (saphwa) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Korean: 일화 (ilhwa) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Korean: 에피소드 (episodeu) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Kyrgyz: окуя (okuya) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Mongolian: тохиолдол (toxioldol) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Mongolian: тохиол (toxiol) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Iranian Persian: واقِعِه (vâġe'e) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Iranian Persian: حادِثِه (hâdese) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Polish: epizod — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Portuguese: episódio — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Russian: эпизо́д (epizód) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Russian: слу́чай (slúčaj) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Russian: собы́тие (sobýtije) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Russian: происше́ствие (proisšéstvije) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Slovene: epizoda — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Spanish: episodio — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Spanish: incidente — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Swedish: episod — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Tajik: воқеа (voqea) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Tajik: ҳодиса (hodisa) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Tatar: вакыйга (waqıyğa) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Telugu: ఉపకథ (upakatha) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Turkish: epizot — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Turkmen: hadysa — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Turkmen: waka — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Ukrainian: епізо́д (epizód) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Ukrainian: поді́я (podíja) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Urdu: وَاقِعَہ (vāqi'a) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Urdu: حادِثَہ (hādisa) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Uyghur: ۋەقە (weqe) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Uyghur: ھادىسە (hadise) — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Uzbek: voqea — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Uzbek: hodisa — incident or action connected with a series of events
  • Albanian: episod — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Arabic: حَلْقَة (ḥalqa) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Arabic: حَلَقَة (ḥalaqa) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Arabic: جُزْء (juzʔ) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Arabic: حَلقة (ḥalga, ḥalaga) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Armenian: դրվագ (drvag) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Armenian: էպիզոդ (ēpizod) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Belarusian: эпізо́д (epizód) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Belarusian: се́рыя (sjéryja) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Belarusian: сэ́рыя (séryja) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Bengali: পর্ব (porbo) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Bulgarian: епизо́д (epizód) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Catalan: capítol — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Catalan: episodi — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Chinese Mandarin: 集 (jí) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Czech: epizoda — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Danish: afsnit — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Danish: del — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Dutch: aflevering — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Esperanto: epizodo — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Estonian: episood — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Estonian: osa — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Faroese: partur — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Finnish: jakso — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • French: épisode — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Galician: episodio — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Georgian: ეპიზოდი (eṗizodi) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • German: Episode — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • German: Folge — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Greek: επεισόδιο (epeisódio) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Hebrew: פֶּרֶק (pérek) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Hindi: एपिसोड (episoḍ) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Hindi: उपकथा (upakthā) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Hindi: प्रकरण (prakraṇ) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Hindi: कड़ी (kaṛī) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Hungarian: rész — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Hungarian: epizód — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Icelandic: þáttur — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Irish: eagrán — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Irish: eipeasóid — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Irish: clár — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Italian: episodio — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Japanese: エピソード (episōdo) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Japanese: 回 (kai) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Kazakh: эпизод (épizod) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Korean: 에피소드 (episodeu) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Korean: 회 (hoe) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Kyrgyz: эпизод (epizod) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Latvian: epizode — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Lithuanian: epizodas — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Macedonian: епизо́да (epizóda) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Malay: episod — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Māori: wāhanga — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Mongolian: анги (angi) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Norwegian Bokmål: episode — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: episode — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Iranian Persian: اِپیزود (epizod) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Iranian Persian: قِسْمَت (ġesmat) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Iranian Persian: بَخْش (baxš) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Polish: odcinek — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Polish: epizod — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Portuguese: episódio — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Romanian: episod — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Russian: эпизо́д (epizód) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Russian: се́рия (sérija) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Scottish Gaelic: eadar-sgeul — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Serbo-Croatian: епизо́да — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Serbo-Croatian: epizóda — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Slovak: epizóda — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Slovak: časť — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Slovene: epizoda — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Spanish: capítulo — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Spanish: episodio — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Swedish: episod — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Swedish: avsnitt — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Tajik: лавҳа (lavha) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Tajik: манзара (manzara) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Tajik: эпизод (epizod) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Tajik: қисмат (qismat) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Tajik: бахш (baxš) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Thai: ฉาก (chàak) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Thai: ตอน (dtɔɔn) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Thai: บท (bòt) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Turkish: epizot — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Turkish: bölüm — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Turkmen: bölüm — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Turkmen: epizod — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Ukrainian: епізо́д (epizód) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Ukrainian: се́рія (sérija) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Urdu: قِسْط (qist) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Urdu: ایپی سوڈ (epī soḍ) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Urdu: حِصَّہ (hissa) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Urdu: کَڑی (kaṛī) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Uyghur: بۆلۈم (bölüm) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Uyghur: ئېپىزوت (ëpizot) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Uyghur: قىسىم (qisim) — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Uzbek: epizod — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Vietnamese: phần — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Vietnamese: tập — instalment of a drama told in parts
  • Welsh: pennod — instalment of a drama told in parts
Real reading context

episode in complete knowledge articles