encyclopedie

Borrowed from French encyclopédie, from Middle French [Term?], from New Latin encyclopaedīa, from a univerbated form of Koine Greek ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ (enkúklios paideíā, “education in the circle of arts and sciences”), from ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, “circular”) + παιδείᾱ (paideíā, “child-rearing, education”).

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• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /ˌɑnsiˌkloːpeːˈdi/, (colloquial) /ˌɛnsiˌkloːpeːˈdi/, /ˌɑnsəˌkloːpəˈdi/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /ˌɛnsiˌkloːpeːˈdi/
• Hyphenation: en‧cy‧clo‧pe‧die
• Rhymes: -i

encyclopedie m (plural encyclopedieën, diminutive encyclopedietje n)

1. encyclopedia (comprehensive work of reference with articles on a range of topics, in one field or even all fields)
2. (now chiefly academic jargon) encyclopedia (comprehensive summary of knowledge)

   Hij onderwees encyclopedie van het recht.

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• encyclopedisch

• Afrikaans: ensiklopedie
• → Indonesian: ènsiklopèdi