enciclopedia

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English [edit]

Noun [edit]

enciclopedia

  1. Common misspelling of encyclopedia.

Asturian [edit]

Noun [edit]

enciclopedia f (plural enciclopedies)

  1. encyclopedia

Galician [edit]

Noun [edit]

enciclopedia f (plural enciclopedias)

  1. encyclopedia

Italian [edit]

Noun [edit]

enciclopedia f (plural enciclopedie)

  1. encyclopedia

Romanian [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [en.t͡ʃi.clo.peˈdi.a]

Noun [edit]

enciclopedia f (singular, nominative/accusative, definite form of enciclopedie)

  1. the encyclopedia

Spanish [edit]

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia es

Etymology [edit]

From New Latin encyclopaedia, a false rendering of Ancient Greek ἔγκυκλος (enkuklos, circular), from ἐν (en, in) + κύκλος (kuklos, circle), + παιδεία (paideia, educaiton, literally rearing of a child), as “an all-around education”, but literally “training in a circle”. The modern sense was first applied to the French Encyclopédie in the 17th century.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (Castilian) IPA: /en.θi.klo.ˈpe.ðja/
  • (Others) IPA: /en.si.klo.ˈpe.ðja/

Noun [edit]

enciclopedia f (plural enciclopedias)

  1. encyclopedia

Derived terms [edit]

Descendants [edit]