episode

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   It was a most embarrassing episode in my life.

2. 2
   noun

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

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

3. 3
   noun

   film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie

4. 4
   noun

   a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series

5. 5
   noun

   a part of a broadcast serial

6. 6
   noun

   a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events

Etymology

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”).