Meanings
nounepisode (plural episodes)
plural episodes
- A discrete but connected event, situation, or period within a broader sequence, narrative, or life course.
It was a most embarrassing episode in my life.
2 more examples
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.
1935, Francis Beeding [pseudonym; John Palmer], “10/6”, in The Norwich Victims, →OLThree of the great extinctions appear to have occurred during cold episodes and two during hot episodes.
2017, Anthony J. McMichael, Alistair Woodward, Cameron Muir, Climate Change and the Health of Nations, →ISBN, page 81Synonyms: event, proceeding, affair, befalling, instance, event, goings-on, happening
- broadcastingA bounded narrative unit within a television series, constituting a single installment that is structurally discrete yet interrelated with the series as a whole.
I can't wait till next week’s episode.
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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.
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, archived from the original on 26 May 2012
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA discrete but connected event, situation, or period within a broader sequence, narrative, or life course.
More synonyms by meaning
nounfilm consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie
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filmphotographic film
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekἐπεισόδιον“a parenthetic addition, episode”
- New Latin*epīsodium
- Frenchépisode
- Englishepisode
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”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic حَادِثَة, وَاقِعَة
- حَادِثَة (ḥādiṯa)incident or action connected with a series of events
- وَاقِعَة (wāqiʕa)incident or action connected with a series of events
- حَلْقَة (ḥalqa)instalment of a drama told in parts
- حَلَقَة (ḥalaqa)instalment of a drama told in parts
- جُزْء (juzʔ)instalment of a drama told in parts
Basque gertaera
- gertaeraincident or action connected with a series of events
Bengali পর্ব
- পর্ব (porbo)instalment of a drama told in parts
Bulgarian слу́чка, епизо́д
- слу́чка (slúčka)incident or action connected with a series of events
- епизо́д (epizód)incident or action connected with a series of events
- съби́тие (săbítie)incident or action connected with a series of events
- епизо́д (epizód)instalment of a drama told in parts
Catalan episodi, capítol
- episodiincident or action connected with a series of events
- capítolinstalment of a drama told in parts
- episodiinstalment of a drama told in parts
Chinese Mandarin 事件, 插曲
- 事件 (shìjiàn)incident or action connected with a series of events
- 插曲 (chāqǔ)incident or action connected with a series of events
- 集 (jí)instalment of a drama told in parts
Czech epizoda
- epizodainstalment of a drama told in parts
Danish episode, hændelse
- episodeincident or action connected with a series of events
- hændelseincident or action connected with a series of events
- afsnitinstalment of a drama told in parts
- delinstalment of a drama told in parts
Dutch gebeuren, episode
- gebeurenincident or action connected with a series of events
- episodeincident or action connected with a series of events
- afleveringinstalment of a drama told in parts
Esperanto epizodo
- epizodoinstalment of a drama told in parts
Estonian episood, osa
- episoodinstalment of a drama told in parts
- osainstalment of a drama told in parts
Finnish tapaus, episodi
- tapausincident or action connected with a series of events
- episodiincident or action connected with a series of events
- jaksoinstalment of a drama told in parts
French épisode, épisode
- épisodeincident or action connected with a series of events
- épisodeinstalment of a drama told in parts
German Episode, Episode
- Episodeincident or action connected with a series of events
- Episodeinstalment of a drama told in parts
- Folgeinstalment of a drama told in parts
Greek επεισόδιο, επεισόδιο
- επεισόδιο (epeisódio)incident or action connected with a series of events
- επεισόδιο (epeisódio)instalment of a drama told in parts
Hebrew פֶּרֶק
- פֶּרֶק (pérek)instalment of a drama told in parts
Hindi एपिसोड, उपकथा
- एपिसोड (episoḍ)instalment of a drama told in parts
- उपकथा (upakthā)instalment of a drama told in parts
- प्रकरण (prakraṇ)instalment of a drama told in parts
- कड़ी (kaṛī)instalment of a drama told in parts
Hungarian esemény, epizód
- eseményincident or action connected with a series of events
- epizódincident or action connected with a series of events
- részinstalment of a drama told in parts
- epizódinstalment of a drama told in parts
Icelandic atvik, þáttur
- atvikincident or action connected with a series of events
- þátturinstalment of a drama told in parts
Indonesian episode
- episodeincident or action connected with a series of events
Irish eachtra, teagmhas
- eachtraincident or action connected with a series of events
- teagmhasincident or action connected with a series of events
- eagráninstalment of a drama told in parts
- eipeasóidinstalment of a drama told in parts
- clárinstalment of a drama told in parts
Italian episodio, episodio
- episodioincident or action connected with a series of events
- episodioinstalment of a drama told in parts
Japanese 出来事, 挿話
- 出来事 (dekigoto)incident or action connected with a series of events
- 挿話 (sōwa)incident or action connected with a series of events
- エピソード (episōdo)incident or action connected with a series of events
- 逸話 (itsuwa)incident or action connected with a series of events
- エピソード (episōdo)instalment of a drama told in parts
- 回 (kai)instalment of a drama told in parts
Korean 사건, 삽화
- 사건 (sageon)incident or action connected with a series of events
- 삽화 (saphwa)incident or action connected with a series of events
- 일화 (ilhwa)incident or action connected with a series of events
- 에피소드 (episodeu)incident or action connected with a series of events
- 에피소드 (episodeu)instalment of a drama told in parts
- 회 (hoe)instalment of a drama told in parts
Latvian epizode
- epizodeinstalment of a drama told in parts
Lithuanian epizodas
- epizodasinstalment of a drama told in parts
Malay episod
- episodinstalment of a drama told in parts
Māori wāhanga
- wāhangainstalment of a drama told in parts
Norwegian Bokmål episode
- episodeinstalment of a drama told in parts
Polish epizod, odcinek
- epizodincident or action connected with a series of events
- odcinekinstalment of a drama told in parts
- epizodinstalment of a drama told in parts
Portuguese episódio, episódio
- episódioincident or action connected with a series of events
- episódioinstalment of a drama told in parts
Romanian episod
- episodinstalment of a drama told in parts
Russian эпизо́д, слу́чай
- эпизо́д (epizód)incident or action connected with a series of events
- слу́чай (slúčaj)incident or action connected with a series of events
- собы́тие (sobýtije)incident or action connected with a series of events
- происше́ствие (proisšéstvije)incident or action connected with a series of events
- эпизо́д (epizód)instalment of a drama told in parts
- се́рия (sérija)instalment of a drama told in parts
Scottish Gaelic eadar-sgeul
- eadar-sgeulinstalment of a drama told in parts
Slovak epizóda, časť
- epizódainstalment of a drama told in parts
- časťinstalment of a drama told in parts
Spanish episodio, incidente
- episodioincident or action connected with a series of events
- incidenteincident or action connected with a series of events
- capítuloinstalment of a drama told in parts
- episodioinstalment of a drama told in parts
Swedish episod, episod
- episodincident or action connected with a series of events
- episodinstalment of a drama told in parts
- avsnittinstalment of a drama told in parts
Thai ฉาก, ตอน
- ฉาก (chàak)instalment of a drama told in parts
- ตอน (dtɔɔn)instalment of a drama told in parts
- บท (bòt)instalment of a drama told in parts
Turkish epizot, epizot
- epizotincident or action connected with a series of events
- epizotinstalment of a drama told in parts
- bölüminstalment of a drama told in parts
Ukrainian епізо́д, поді́я
- епізо́д (epizód)incident or action connected with a series of events
- поді́я (podíja)incident or action connected with a series of events
- епізо́д (epizód)instalment of a drama told in parts
- се́рія (sérija)instalment of a drama told in parts
Urdu وَاقِعَہ, حادِثَہ
- وَاقِعَہ (vāqi'a)incident or action connected with a series of events
- حادِثَہ (hādisa)incident or action connected with a series of events
- قِسْط (qist)instalment of a drama told in parts
- ایپی سوڈ (epī soḍ)instalment of a drama told in parts
- حِصَّہ (hissa)instalment of a drama told in parts
- کَڑی (kaṛī)instalment of a drama told in parts
Vietnamese phần, tập
- phầninstalment of a drama told in parts
- tậpinstalment of a drama told in parts
Welsh pennod
- pennodinstalment of a drama told in parts
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with episode
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
episode. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/episode
MLA
“episode.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/episode. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “episode,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/episode.
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