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English
Alternative spellings
encyclopædia
(chiefly British): encyclopaedia. The spelling encyclopedia is standard in American and Canadian English, accepted in Australian and International English, and is also common in British English.
Etymology
From L. encyclopædia < AGr. polytonic|�γκ�κλιο� �αιδεία (enkyklios paideia) < polytonic|�γκ�κλιο� (enkyklios) "circular, rounded, round" < polytonic|κ�κλο� (kyklos) "circle" + polytonic|�αιδεία (paideia) "the rearing of a child", or "education", from polytonic|�αιδίον (paidion) "child".
Pronunciation
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Noun
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- A comprehensive reference work with articles on a range of topics. Some encyclopedias are intended to convey general knowledge, while others focus on one discipline, subject, nationality or ethnicity. Since the 18th century, they have always been arranged in some systematic order, usually alphabetical. Encyclopedias may span several volumes (if printed), and contain illustrations, maps and statistics.
Synonyms
reference
Reference book
Translations
trans-top|comprehensive reference with articles on a range of topic
Afrikaans: ensiklopedie
Alsatian: Enzyklopädie
Arabic: ARchar|��س�عة unicode|(mausú:�a) f
Basque: entziklopedia
Bosnian: t-|bs|enciklopedija|f
Bulgarian: ен�иклопеди� (entsiklopédija) f
Catalan: enciclopèdia
Chinese: ����, ���书 (b�ik� quánshū)
Croatian: t-|hr|enciklopedija|f
Czech: t+|cs|encyklopedie|f
Danish: encyklopædi
Dutch: t+|nl|encyclopedie|m
Estonian: entsüklopeedia
Esperanto: t+|eo|enciklopedio|xs=Esperanto
Faroese: Alfrøðibók
Finnish: t+|fi|tietosanakirja, t+|fi|ensyklopedia
French: t+|fr|encyclopédie|f
German: t-|de|Enzyklopädie|f
Greek: t+|el|εγκÏ�κλοÏ�αίδεια|f|sc=Grek (egkyklopaÃdeia)
Gothic: (einkeiklopeidya)?
Hebrew: ×�× ×¦×�ק×�×�פ×�×�×�|×�Ö¶× Ö°×¦Ö´×�קְ×�×�ֹפֶּ×�Ö°×�Ö¸×� (entsiklopedya) f
Hindi: ���ान��ष (gy�nko�)
Ido: enciklopedio
Indonesian: t-|id|ensiklopedia|xs=Indonesian
Interlingua: encyclopedia
Italian: t+|it|enciclopedia|f
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Japanese: ç�¾ç§�äº�å�¸ã��(ã�²ã��ã�£ã��ã��ã�¦ã��), 大äº�å�¸ (ã� ã��ã��ã�¦ã��, dai-jiten)
Korean: 백과ì�¬ì � (ç�¾ç§�äº�å�¸, baekkwasajeon)
Latin: t-|la|encyclopaedia
Latvian: enciklop�dija f
Limburgish: encyklopedie
Lithuanian: t+|lt|enciklopedija|f|xs=Lithuanian
Low Saxon: nokieksel
Luxemburgian: encyklopedie
Norwegian: t-|no|encyklopedi
Persian: FAchar|دا�ش�ا�� (daneshnameh)
Polish: t+|pl|encyklopedia|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|enciclopédia|f
Romanian: t+|ro|enciclopedie|f
Russian: �н�иклопеди� (entsiklopédija) f
Serbian:
Slovak: t-|sk|encyklopédia
Slovene: t+|sl|enciklopedija
Spanish: t+|es|enciclopedia|f
Swedish: encyklopedi c, konversationslexikon n, uppslagsverk n
Tagalog: ensiklopedya
Thai: THchar|สารา�ุ�รม (saranukrom)
Turkish: t+|tr|ansiklopedi
Ukrainian: ен�иклопед�� (entsyklopédija) f
Urdu: URchar|جا�ع (j�me), URchar|�ا��س (q�mus)
Vietnamese: sách bách khoa (���)
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