Bishop
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English
Noun
bishop (plural bishops)
- A high ranking official in the Catholic church who governs a diocese, or a similar official in other denominations and religions.
- (chess) A piece that may be moved only diagonally.
Etymology
From Anglo-Saxon biscop, from Latin episcopus, overseer or supervisor, from Greek [[]] (episkopos), from prefix [[]] (epi-), over or upon, + [[]] (skopos), sight.
Translations
- Anglo-Saxon: biscop m
- Breton: eskob m (1), furlukin m (2)
- Catalan: bisbo m
- Chinese: 主教; 象
- Czech: biskup m (1), střelec m (2)
- Dutch: bisschop m (1), loper m (2)
- Finnish: piispa (1), lähetti (2)
- French: évêque m (1), fou (2)
- German: Bischof m (1), Läufer m (2)
- Greek: episkopos m
- Italian: vescovo m (1)
- Japanese: 主教 (しゅきょう, shukyou) (1); ビショップ, 角行 (かくぎょう, kakugyou) (2)
- Latin: episcopus m (1)
- Lithuanian: vyskupas m (1); rikis m (2)
- Persian: اسقف (osqof)
- Polish: biskup m (1), goniec m (2)
- Slovak: biskup m (1), strelec m (2)
- Slovene: škof m (1), tekač m (2)
- Spanish: obispo m (1)
