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Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from English encyclopedia, from New Latin encyclopēdīa (“general education”), variant of encyclopaedīa, a univerbated form of Koine Greek ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ (enkúklios paideíā, “education in the circle of arts and sciences”), from Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, “circular”) + παιδείᾱ (paideíā, “childrearing”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛn.si.klɔ.pɛˈdi.a/
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: en‧si‧klo‧pe‧di‧a
Noun
ensiklopedia
- encyclopedia
- a comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field
- similarly comprehensive works in other formats (e.g., website)
Further reading
Malay
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin encyclopaedia (“general education”), a mistaken 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”).
Noun
ensiklopedia (Jawi spelling اينسيکلوڤيديا, plural ensiklopedia-ensiklopedia, informal 1st possessive ensiklopediaku, 2nd possessive ensiklopediamu, 3rd possessive ensiklopedianya)
- encyclopedia
- Synonym: jagat katan