epistola

Borrowed from Late Latin epistola, from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈepistolɑ/, [ˈe̞pis̠ˌto̞lɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -olɑ
• Syllabification^(key): e‧pis‧to‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): epis‧to‧la

epistola

1. (biblical) epistle
2. (humorous, informal) of any lengthy text or speech

• “epistola”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• sotapeli

Learned borrowing from Latin epistola, from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ), from ἐπιστέλλω (epistéllō, “I send a message”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “I prepare, send”).

• IPA^(key): [ɛpɪs.ˈto.la]

èpistola (plural epistola-epistola)

1. (Christianity) nonstandard spelling of epistel (“epistle”)

• “epistola” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Late Latin epistola, from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ).

epistola f (plural epistole)

1. epistle

• epistolare
• epistolario

• ospitale, pelosità, petalosi, pisolate, spoliate

• epistula

From Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ), from ἐπιστέλλω (epistéllō, “I send a message”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “I prepare, send”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛˈpɪs.tɔ.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eˈpis.t̪o.la]

epistola f (genitive epistolae); first declension

1. a letter, epistle
2. a written imperial decree

First-declension noun.

• epistulāris

• Catalan: epístola
• German: Epistel
• Galician: epístola
• Italian: epistola
• Old French: epistre, epistle
  • → English: epistle
  • French: épître
• Portuguese: epístola
• Romanian: epistolă
• Spanish: epístola
• Walloon: episse
• → French: épistule, épistole
• → Middle English: epistel, epistle (also via Old French)
  • English: epistle
• → Old English: pistol
  • Middle English: pistel, pistle
    • English: pistle
    • Scots: pistil, pistle
• Middle Dutch: epistele
  • Dutch: epistel

• “epistola”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “epistola”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “epistola”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “epistola”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

epistola m or f

1. alternative form of epistol

• IPA^(key): [eˈpistola]

epistola f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of epistolă

Borrowed from Late Latin epistula, from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ).

• IPA^(key): /epǐstola/
• Hyphenation: e‧pis‧to‧la

epìstola f (Cyrillic spelling епѝстола)

1. epistle (literary form)

• “epistola”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Borrowed from Spanish epístola, from Late Latin epistola, from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔeˈpistola/ [ʔɛˌpis.t̪oˈla]
• Rhymes: -istola
• Syllabification: e‧pis‧to‧la

epístolá (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜎ)

1. epistle

• “epistola”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018