encyclopaedia

encyclopedia (English)

Alternative forms

  • encyclopædia

  • chiefly British

    encyclopaedia

    • Etymology

    From - encyclopaedia|lang=la, from - ἐγκύκλιος παιδεία||lang=grc|the circle of arts and sciences, curriculum, from - tr=enkyklios||lang=grc|circular, rounded, round, from - |lang=grc|tr=kyklos|circle + - |lang=grc|tr=paideia|the rearing of a child, education, from - |lang=grc|tr=paidion|child.

    Pronunciation

  • - /ənˌsəɪkləˈpidiə/
  • - US

    /ɪnˌsaɪ.kləˈpi(ː).diə/

  • - CA synth
  • en-us-encyclopedia.ogg
  • Rhymes: iːdiə

    • Noun

    A comprehensive reference_work with articles on a range of subjects.

  • I only use the library for the encyclopedia, we’ve got most other books here.

    • Usage notes

    The spelling encyclopedia is standard in American English, preferred in Canadian English, accepted in Australian and International English, and also very common in British English. It is more common than encyclopaedia, for example, in UK newspapers on Google News in 2009 by a 7:3 margin.

    Derived terms

  • -pedia

    • Related terms

  • encyclopedical
  • encyclopedic
  • encyclopedic_fiction
  • encyclopedist
  • encyclopedic_dictionary

    • See also

  • dictionary

    • Translations

    comprehensive reference with articles on a range of topic

  • Afrikaans: ensiklopedie
  • Alsatian: Enzyklopädie
  • Arabiska - موسوعة
  • Armenian - հանրագիտարան|tr=hanragitaran
  • Basque: entziklopedia
  • Vitryska - энцыклапедыя
  • Bulgariska - енциклопедия
  • Katalanska - enciclopèdia
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 百科全書|sc=Hani, - 百科全书|tr=bǎikē quánshū|sc=Hani
  • Chuvash - энциклопеди|tr=entsiklopédi|sc=Cyrl
  • Tjeckiska - encyklopedie
  • Danska - encyklopædi
  • Holländska - encyclopedie
  • Esperanto - enciklopedio|xs=Esperanto
  • Estonian: entsüklopeedia
  • Faroese - Alfrøðibók
  • Finska - tietosanakirja
    • , ensyklopedia
  • Franska - encyclopédie
  • Tyska - Enzyklopädie
  • Gothic: (einkeiklopeidya)?
  • Grekiska - εγκυκλοπαίδεια
  • Haitian Creole - ansiklopedi
  • Hebrew - אנציקלופדיה|f|tr=entsiklopédya|alt=אֶנְצִיקְלוֹפֶּדְיָה|sc=Hebr
  • Hindiska - ज्ञानकोष
    • , विश्वकोश
  • Ungerska - enciklopédia
    • , lexikon
  • Isländska - alfræðiorðabók
  • Ido - enciklopedio
  • Indonesiska - ensiklopedia
  • Interlingua - encyclopedia
  • Irländska - ciclipéid
  • Italienska - enciclopedia
  • Japanska - 百科事典
    • , 大事典
  • Karachay-Balkar - энциклопедия|sc=Cyrl, - энциклопедия|tr=entsiklopédija|sc=Cyrl
  • Koreanska - 백과사전
    • ()
  • Latin - encyclopaedia, - pandectes|m|alt=pandectēs
  • Lettiska - enciklopēdija
  • Limburgish: encyklopedie
  • Litauiska - enciklopedija
  • Low Saxon: nokieksel
  • Luxembourgish: encyklopedie
  • Malayalam - സര്‍വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം|tr=sarvavijñānakōśam|sc=Mlym, - വിജ്ഞാനകോശം|tr=vijñānakōśam|sc=Mlym
  • Navajo - ínsadoobíídiiya
  • Norska - encyklopedi
  • Persiska - دانشنامه
    • , دایرةالمعارف, دائرةالمعارف
  • Polska - encyklopedia
  • Portugisiska - enciclopédia
  • Rumänska - enciclopedie
  • Ryska - энциклопедия
  • Serbo-Croatian:
  • : Cyrillic - енциклопедија|f|alt=енциклопе́дија|sc=Cyrl
  • : Roman - enciklopedija|f|alt=enciklopédija
  • Slovakiska - encyklopédia
  • Slovenska - enciklopedija
  • Spanska - enciclopedia
  • Svenska - encyklopedi
    • , konversationslexikon, uppslagsverk
  • Tagalog: ensiklopedya
  • Tatar - énsíklopédí|sc=Cyrl
  • Telugu - విజ్ఞానసర్వస్వం
  • Thailändska - สารานุกรม
  • Turkiska - ansiklopedi
  • Ukrainska - енциклопедія
  • - جامع (jāme),

    قاموس

    (qāmus)
  • Uzbek - ensiklopediya
  • Vietnamesiska - sách bách khoa
    • (

    vi|冊百科

    )
  • Volapük - sikloped|xs=Volapük, - vo|züklopäod
  • Walesiska - gwyddoniadur
  • Yakut - энциклопедия|tr=entsiklopédija|sc=Cyrl
    • zh-min-nan:encyclopedia simple:encyclopedia

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