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• Rhymes: -iːdiə

encyclopaedia (plural encyclopaedias or encyclopaediae)

1. (chiefly Britain, Australia) Alternative spelling of encyclopedia

From Renaissance Ancient Greek ἐγκυκλοπαιδεία (enkuklopaideía, “education in the circle of arts and sciences”), a mistaken univerbated form of ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ (enkúklios paideíā, “education in the circle of arts and sciences”), from ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, “circular”) + παιδείᾱ (paideíā, “child-rearing, education”). This spelling seems to have been first used by Paul Skalich in 1559, although the spelling encyclopedia goes back to at least 1517, with a work by Johannes Aventinus.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /en.ky.klo.pae̯ˈdiː.a/, [ɛŋ.kʏ.kɫɔ.pae̯ˈdiː.a]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /en.t͡ʃi.klo.pɛˈdi.a/, [en.t͡ʃi.klo.pɛˈdiː.a]

encyclopaedīa f (genitive encyclopaedīae); first declension

1. (New Latin) encyclopedia

First declension.

encyclopaedia (plural encyclopaedias)

1. encyclopedia