ensiklopedia

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See also: ènsiklopèdia

Indonesian

Alternative forms

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

  1. encyclopedia
    1. 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
    2. 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)

  1. encyclopedia
    Synonym: jagat katan