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encyclopedia
English
Alternative forms
- encyclopaedia (Britain)
- encyclopædia (archaic)
Etymology
From New Latin encyclopaedia (“general education”), from Renaissance Ancient Greek ?????????????? (enkuklopaideía, “education in the circle of arts and sciences”), a mistaken univerbated form of Koine Greek ????????? ??????? (enkúklios paideí?, “education in the circle of arts and sciences”), from ????????? (enkúklios, “circular”) + ??????? (paideí?, “child-rearing, education”).
Pronunciation
- (Canada) IPA(key): /?n?s??.kl??pi.di.?/
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?n?sa?.kl??pi(?).di.?/
- Rhymes: -i?di?
- Hyphenation: en?cy?clo?pe?dia
Noun
encyclopedia (plural encyclopedias or encyclopediae or encyclopediæ)
- 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.
- (dated) The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge.
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
Related terms
Translations
See also
- dictionary
Further reading
- encyclopedia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- encyclopedia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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glossary
- There is a Glossary of terms used in Wiktionary. See also Wiktionary's Category:Glossaries by language
English
Etymology
From Middle English glosarie, from Latin gloss?rium, from Ancient Greek ?????? (glôssa, “tongue”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l?s??i/
Noun
glossary (plural glossaries)
- A list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with their definitions.
Synonyms
- clavis
- idioticon
- vocabulary
Coordinate terms
- terminology
Derived terms
- bilingual glossary
Related terms
- gloss
Translations
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