different between episode vs vicissitude

English

Etymology

From French épisode, from New Latin *ep?sodium, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (epeisódion, “a parenthetic addition, episode”), neuter of ?????????? (epeisódios, “following upon the entrance, coming in besides, adventitious”), from ??? (epí, “on”) + ??? (eis, “into”) + ???? (hodós, “way”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??p?s??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??p?so?d/
• Hyphenation: epi?sode

Noun

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

Hyponyms

• (instalment of a TV series): bottle episode

Derived terms

• episodic
• episodical

Translations

Further reading

• episode in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• episode in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• poesied

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French épisode, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (epeisódion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?.pi?so?.d?/
• Hyphenation: epi?so?de
• Rhymes: -o?d?

Noun

episode f (plural episoden or episodes, diminutive episodetje n)

1. An episode (instalment).
2. An episode (action, time period or sequence of events).

Synonyms

• (drama): aflevering

Derived terms

• episodisch

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: episode

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch episode, from French épisode, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (epeisódion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?pi?sod?]
• Hyphenation: èpi?so?dê

Noun

èpisodê (first-person possessive episodeku, second-person possessive episodemu, third-person possessive episodenya)

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

   Synonyms: kejadian, peristiwa

Alternative forms

• episod (nonstandard Indonesian), episod (standard Malay)

Related terms

Further reading

• “episode” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (epeisódion), via French épisode

Noun

episode m (definite singular episoden, indefinite plural episoder, definite plural episodene)

1. an episode
2. an incident

References

• “episode” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (epeisódion), via French épisode

Noun

episode m (definite singular episoden, indefinite plural episodar, definite plural episodane)

1. an episode
2. an incident

References

• “episode” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Etymology

From Middle French vicissitude, from Latin vicissit?d? (“change”), from vicissim (“on the other hand, in turn”), from vicis (“change, vicissitude”), whence Spanish vez and French fois (“time (as in "next time"), occurrence”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): [v??s?s.??t(j)u(?)d], [va??s?s.??t(j)u(?)d]
• Hyphenation: vi?cis?si?tude

Noun

vicissitude (plural vicissitudes)

1. Regular change or succession from one thing to another, or one part of a cycle to the next; alternation; mutual succession; interchange.

   Synonym: (informal) ups and downs

2. (often in the plural) A change, especially in one's life or fortunes.
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, vii, 351,

     And God made.. the Stars, and set them in the firmament of Heaven to illuminate the Earth, and rule the day in their vicissitude...

   • 1789, George Washington, First Inaugural Address

     Among the vicissitudes incident to life, no event could have filled me with greater anxieties than that of which the notification was transmitted by your order, and received on the fourteenth day of the present month.

   • 2003, "US redeployments afoot in Asia", Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 18, Pg. 6.,

     The vicissitudes of war in Iraq cast a dreary backdrop for Donald Rumsfeld's first visit to Asian military allies since he became US Defense Secretary in 2001.

Related terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• vicissitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• vicissitude in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• vicissitude at OneLook Dictionary Search

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French vicissitude.

Noun

vicissitude f (plural vicissitudes, diminutive vicissitudetje n)

1. vicissitude

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vicissit?d?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.si.si.tyd/

Noun

vicissitude f (plural vicissitudes)

1. vicissitude

Further reading

• “vicissitude” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Noun

vicissitude f (plural vicissitudes)

1. vicissitude (regular change or succession from one thing to another)
2. an unfortunate occurrence

   Synonyms: revés, infortúnio