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English
Alternative spellings
encyclopædia (dated, chiefly UK)
encyclopedia (US, Canada, also now the main spelling in the UK and elsewhere)
Pronunciation
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Noun
encyclopaedia (plural: encyclopaedias, encyclopaediae)
- A reference work (often in several volumes) containing in-depth articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order or by category) dealing with a wide range of subjects or with some particular specialty
Translations
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Catalan: enciclopèdia
Chinese: ���书 (b�ik�quánshū)
Danish: leksikon, encyklopædi<!-- are bigger and do have some longer and deeper articles.-->
Dutch: encyclopedie m
Estonian: entsüklopeedia
Finnish: tietosanakirja, ensyklopedia
French: encyclopédie f
German: Lexikon n
Hebrew: ×�× ×¦×�ק×�×�פ×�×�×� (entsiklopediya) n
Indonesian: ensiklopedia
Interlingua: encyclopedia
Italian: enciclopedia f
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Japanese: 大äº�å�¸ (ã� ã��ã��ã�¦ã��, dai-jiten), äº�å�¸, ç�¾ç§�äº�å�¸
Latvian: enciklop�dija f
Polish: encyklopedia f
Portuguese: enciclopédia f
Russian: �н�иклопеди� (entsiklopédija) f
Spanish: enciclopedia m
Swedish: encyklopedi
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See also
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