encyclopaedia

See also: encyclopædia

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ənˌsəɪ.kləˈpi.di.ə/
• IPA^(key): /ɪnˌsaɪ.kləˈpi(ː).di.ə/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːdiə
• Hyphenation: en‧cy‧clo‧pe‧dia

Noun

encyclopaedia (plural encyclopaedias or encyclopaediae)

1. (chiefly UK, Australia) Alternative spelling of encyclopedia

Translations

encyclopedia — see encyclopedia

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Latin

Etymology

From Renaissance Ancient Greek ἐγκυκλοπαιδεία (enkuklopaideía, “education in the circle of arts and sciences”), a mistaken univerbated form of ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ (enkúklios paideíā, “education in the circle of arts and sciences”), from ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, “circular”) + παιδείᾱ (paideíā, “child-rearing, education”). This spelling seems to have been first used by Paul Skalich in 1559, although the spelling encyclopedia goes back to at least 1517, with a work by Johannes Aventinus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /en.ky.klo.pae̯ˈdiː.a/, [ɛŋkʏkɫ̪ɔpäe̯ˈd̪iːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /en.t͡ʃi.klo.peˈdi.a/, [en̠ʲt͡ʃiklopeˈd̪iːä]

Noun

encyclopaedīa f (genitive encyclopaedīae); first declension

1. (New Latin) encyclopedia

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	encyclopaedīa	encyclopaedīae
Genitive	encyclopaedīae	encyclopaedīārum
Dative	encyclopaedīae	encyclopaedīīs
Accusative	encyclopaedīam	encyclopaedīās
Ablative	encyclopaedīā	encyclopaedīīs
Vocative	encyclopaedīa	encyclopaedīae

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Scots

Noun

encyclopaedia (plural encyclopaedias)

1. encyclopedia