enciclopédia

See also: enciclopedia, enciclopèdia, and ençiclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

From New Latin encyclopaedia (“general education”), a univerbated form of Koine Greek ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ (enkúklios paideíā), from ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios) +‎ παιδείᾱ (paideíā).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.si.kloˈpɛ.d͡ʒi.ɐ/ [ẽ.si.kloˈpɛ.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.si.kloˈpɛ.d͡ʒjɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.si.kloˈpɛ.d͡ʒi.ɐ/ [ĩ.si.kloˈpɛ.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.si.kloˈpɛ.d͡ʒjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.si.kloˈpɛ.d͡ʒi.ɐ/ [ẽ.si.kloˈpɛ.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.si.kloˈpɛ.d͡ʒjɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.si.kloˈpɛ.d͡ʒi.ɐ/ [ĩ.si.kloˈpɛ.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.si.kloˈpɛ.d͡ʒjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.si.kloˈpɛ.d͡ʒi.a/ [ẽ.si.kloˈpɛ.d͡ʒɪ.a], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.si.kloˈpɛ.d͡ʒja/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.si.kloˈpɛ.d͡ʒi.a/ [ĩ.si.kloˈpɛ.d͡ʒɪ.a], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.si.kloˈpɛ.d͡ʒja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.si.kluˈpɛ.djɐ/ [ẽ.si.kluˈpɛ.ðjɐ]

• Rhymes: -ɛd͡ʒiɐ, -ɛdjɐ
• Hyphenation: en‧ci‧clo‧pé‧di‧a

Noun

enciclopédia f (plural enciclopédias)

1. encyclopedia (reference work consisting of a list of words or expressions, not always arranged in alphabetical order, including general information on all branches of human knowledge)
2. (linguistics) encyclopedia (knowledge about the world, shared, at a given time and in a given social environment, by interlocutors who participate in the production and interpretation of discursive acts)
3. (figuratively) wise person

Derived terms

adjectives

• enciclopédico

 

Further reading

• “enciclopédia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “enciclopédia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024