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語源

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”).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɛp.ɪ.səʊd/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈɛp.ə.soʊd/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈep.ɪ.səʉd/
• ハイフネーション: epi‧sode

名詞

episode (plural episodes)

1. An incident, action, or time period standing out by itself, but more or less connected with a complete series of events.

   Synonyms: event, proceeding; see also Thesaurus:occurrence

   It was a most embarrassing episode in my life.

   • 1935, Francis Beeding [pseudonym; John Palmer], “10/6”, in The Norwich Victims, →OL:

     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.

   • 2017, Anthony J. McMichael, Alistair Woodward, Cameron Muir, Climate Change and the Health of Nations, →ISBN, page 81:

     Three of the great extinctions appear to have occurred during cold episodes and two during hot episodes.

2. An installment of a drama told in parts, as in a TV series.

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

   • 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:

     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.

下位語

• (instalment of a TV series): bottle episode

派生語

派生した語

• → Irish: eipeasóid
• → Japanese: エピソード (episōdo)
• → Korean: 에피소드 (episodeu)
• → Malay: episod

Further reading

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “episode”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “episode”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

アナグラム

• poesied