"epopee" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛpəpiː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-epopee.wav [Southern-England] Forms: epopees [plural], épopée [alternative], epopea [alternative], epopoeia [alternative], epopœia [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from French épopée. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|fr:épopée|text=+}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "speech, song", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*wekʷ-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*wékʷos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*wékʷos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ϝέπος", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἔπος", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" }, { "gloss" : "to make, to do", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "gather", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*kʷey-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*kʷoiwéyō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ποιέω", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-i-eh₂", "id" : "i-extension", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "o-grade", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-íā", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐ́ᾱ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἐποποιία", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "uder" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "épopée", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "epopee", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="epopee"> Borrowed from French épopée. Head templates: {{en-noun}} epopee (plural epopees)
  1. (rare, literary) an epic, saga Tags: literary, rare Translations (an epic, saga): مَلْحَمَة (malḥama) [feminine] (Arabic), հերոսապատում (herosapatum) (Armenian), էպոպեա (ēpopea) (Armenian), epopeya (Azerbaijani), qəhrəmannamə (Azerbaijani), эпапе́я (epapjéja) [feminine] (Belarusian), епопе́я (epopéja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), epopeia [feminine] (Catalan), 史詩 /史诗 (shǐshī) (Chinese Mandarin), эпопея (ep̬op̬eja) (Chuvash), epopeya (Crimean Tatar), epopej (Czech), epopeo (Esperanto), epopöa (Estonian), epopea (Finnish), épopée [feminine] (French), ეპოპეა (eṗoṗea) (Georgian), Epopöe [feminine] (German), εποποιία (epopoiía) (Greek), epopea [feminine] (Italian), эпопея (épopeä) (Kazakh), дәуірнама (däuırnama) (Kazakh), эпопея (epopeya) (Kyrgyz), epopeja [feminine] (Latvian), epopeja [feminine] (Polish), epopeia [feminine] (Portuguese), epopee (Romanian), эпопе́я (epopéja) [feminine] (Russian), epopeja [feminine] (Slovak), epopeya [feminine] (Spanish), epopé [common-gender] (Swedish), эпопея (epopeyä) (Tatar), епопе́я (epopéja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), epopeya (Uzbek)

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      "roman": "eṗoṗea",
      "sense": "an epic, saga",
      "word": "ეპოპეა"
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      "sense": "an epic, saga",
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