different between incidence vs episode

English

Etymology

From Middle French incidence, from Medieval Latin incidentia (“a falling upon”), from Latin incidens, present participle of incidere (“to fall upon”), from in (“on”) + cadere (“to fall”).

Pronunciation

• Homophone: incidents

Noun

incidence (countable and uncountable, plural incidences)

1. The act of something happening; occurrence.
2. The extent or the relative frequency of something happening.
3. The manner of falling; bearing or onus, as of a tax that falls unequally.
4. (physics) The striking of radiation or a projectile upon a surface.
5. (epidemiology) A measure of the rate of new occurrence of a given medical condition in a population within a specified period of time.
6. (geometry) The falling of a point on a line, or a line on a plane.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• prevalence

Further reading

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

Czech

Noun

incidence f

1. (epidemiology) incidence

French

Etymology

From Middle French incidence, from Latin incidentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.si.d??s/

Noun

incidence f (plural incidences)

1. impact, effect, consequence
2. incidence

Descendants

• ? German: Inzidenz

Further reading

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

Middle French

Etymology

From Latin incidentia.

Noun

incidence f (plural incidences)

1. incident; event; occurrence

Descendants

• English: incidence
• French: incidence

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.