encyclopedia
A comprehensive reference work with articles on a range of subjects, sometimes…A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.
» This encyclopedia belongs to my wife.
Diese Enzyklopädie gehört meiner Frau.
Ця енциклопедія належить моїй жінці.
Meaning
3 sensesA comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.
I only use the library for the encyclopedia, as we’ve got most other books here.
My old encyclopedia has been gathering dust on the shelf for the past decade.
Enzyklopädie, Lexikon, Konversationslexikon
энциклопе́дияenciklopédija
енциклопе́діяencyklopédija
a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
Similarly comprehensive works in other formats.
Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
The ancient Mesopotamians never got to write an encyclopedia on stone.
(dated, specifically)The circle of arts and sciences (see Etymology); a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch thereof.
His life's work is a four-volume encyclopedia of aviation topics.
I have no idea how to build this model railroad, so I'm gonna look it up on Trainpedia, the encyclopedia for all things model train.
Examples
50 sentencesThis encyclopedia belongs to my wife.
Ця енциклопедія належить моїй жінці. — ChickenKiev
deDiese Enzyklopädie gehört meiner Frau. — Tamy
I went from door to door trying to sell encyclopedias.
deIch ging von Tür zu Tür und versuchte, Enzyklopädien zu verkaufen. — Zaghawa
The salesman talked my parents into buying a set of encyclopedias.
An up-to-date edition of the encyclopedia will come out next month.
ruВ следующем месяце выйдет обновлённое издание энциклопедии. — Wezel
deEine aktualisierte Ausgabe der Enzyklopädie wird im nächsten Monat erscheinen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Wikipedia is the best encyclopedia on the Internet.
Вікіпедія - це найкраща енциклопедія в інтернеті. — ascolto
ruВикипедия - самая лучшая интернет-энциклопедия. — odexed
de"Wikipedia" ist die beste Enzyklopädie im Internet. — Esperantostern
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from New Latin encyclopēdīa, encyclopaedīa (“general education”), a univerbated fBorrowed from New Latin encyclopēdīa, encyclopaedīa (“general education”), a univerbated form of Koine Greek ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ (enkúklios paideíā, “education in the circle of arts and sciences”), from Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, “circular”) + παιδείᾱ (paideíā, “childrearing; education”) (q.v.). Nearly all modern English usage of the word was influenced by the scope and format of the French Encyclopédie by Diderot et al. (see quotation).
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Forms
plural: encyclopedias / encyclopediaeSynonyms
3 synonyms- a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty:cyclopediaencyclopaediacyclopaedia
Word family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular