"episode" in seven languages
Meaningepisode
Spanish
episodio
/epiˈsodjo/
masc.learned
French
épisode
/epizɔd/
masc.learned
Italian
episodio
/epiˈzɔdjo/
masc.learned
Portuguese
episódio
/epiˈzɔdʒju/
masc.learned
Romanian
episod
/epiˈsod/
neut.learned
plural: episoade
Catalan
episodi
/əpiˈzɔdi/
masc.learned
English
episode
/ˈɛpəsoʊd/
from Latin/French · French épisode, from Greek
English → ItalianepisodeepisodioCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The ancestor
Greek epeisódion‘an added entrance (between choral songs)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
In Greek tragedy the epeisódion was the spoken scene slipped in between two choral songs. Spanish and Italian keep the Greek -io; French and English cut it short.
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In a sentence
- esAnoche vi tres episodios.
- frHier soir, j'ai regardé trois épisodes.
- itIeri sera ho guardato tre episodi.
- ptVi três episódios ontem à noite.
- roAseară am văzut trei episoade.
- caAhir a la nit vaig veure tres episodis.
- enI watched three episodes last night.
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