encyclopedia

Other spellings

• encyclopaedia

Pronunciation

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

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• Hyphenation: en‧cy‧clo‧pe‧di‧a

Noun

Singular encyclopedia

Plural encyclopedias or encyclopediae

Some books of an encyclopedia

1. (countable) An encyclopedia is a type of book that has information about various things. Often, an encyclopedia is a set of many books and can either be about a specific subject or a range of subjects.

   Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia and is the world's largest.

   I went to the library to find an encyclopedia on chemistry.

Related words

• encyclopedic