enciclopedia

See also: enciclopèdia, enciclopédia, and ençiclopedia

English

Noun

enciclopedia

1. Misspelling of encyclopedia.

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• enziclopedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin encyclopaedĭa, from Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, “circular”) (from ἐν (en, “in”) + κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”)) + παιδεία (paideía, “education”, literally “rearing of a child”), literally "training in the circle".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enθikloˈpedja/
• IPA^(key): /ensikloˈpedja/ (Benasquese)
• Syllabification: en‧ci‧clo‧pe‧dia
• Rhymes: -edja

Noun

enciclopedia f (plural enciclopedias)

1. encyclopedia

Further reading

• 2024 October, Diccionario aragonés-castellano-catalán: Estudio de Filología Aragonesa (version 14) (in Aragonese), page 426
• enziclopedia, Definizión aragonés, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enθikloˈpedja/ [ẽn̟.θi.kloˈpe.ð̞ja]
• Rhymes: -edja
• Syllabification: en‧ci‧clo‧pe‧dia

Noun

enciclopedia f (plural enciclopedies)

1. encyclopedia

Further reading

• “enciclopedia”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “enciclopedia”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Galician

Alternative forms

• enciclopédia (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From ἐν (en, “in”) + κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”)) + παιδεία (paideía, “education”, literally “rearing of a child”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /enθiklɔˈpɛdja/ [en̪.θi.klɔˈpɛ.ð̞jɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /enθiklɔˈpɛdja/ [en̪.θi.klɔˈpɛ.ð̞jɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /ensiklɔˈpɛdja/ [en.si.klɔˈpɛ.ð̞jɐ]

• Rhymes: -ɛdja
• Hyphenation: en‧ci‧clo‧pe‧dia

Noun

enciclopedia f (plural enciclopedias)

1. encyclopedia

Further reading

• “enciclopedia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “enciclopedia” in DIGALEGO - Dicionario de Galego, Ir Indo 2004, Xunta de Galicia 2013.
• enciclopedia, in Dicionario de pronuncia da lingua galega (in Galician), Instituto da Lingua Galega, 2025

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /en.t͡ʃi.klo.peˈdi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: en‧ci‧clo‧pe‧dì‧a

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

enciclopedia f (plural enciclopedie)

1. encyclopedia

Romanian

Alternative forms

• енчиклопедия (enciclopedia) — Moldovan Cyrillic spelling

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /en.t͡ʃi.klo.peˈdi.ja/

Noun

enciclopedia f

1. definite nominative/accusative feminine singular of enciclopedie

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin encyclopaedia, a false rendering of Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, “circular”) (from ἐν (en, “in”) + κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”)) + παιδεία (paideía, “education”, 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

• IPA^(key): /enθikloˈpedja/ [ẽn̟.θi.kloˈpe.ð̞ja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ensikloˈpedja/ [ẽn.si.kloˈpe.ð̞ja] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -edja
• Syllabification: en‧ci‧clo‧pe‧dia

Noun

enciclopedia f (plural enciclopedias)

1. encyclopedia

Derived terms

• enciclopédico

Descendants

• Tagalog: ensiklopedya

Further reading

• “enciclopedia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025