encyclopedia
UKinsaikləpiːdiə
USın'saıklə'pi:dıə
معنی فارسی
دايره المعارف دايره العلوم دانش جنگ.
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
Late 16th century: modern Latin, from pseudo-Greek enkuklopaideia for enkuklios paideia ‘all-round education’.
مثال
- She looked up the word in her encyclopedia.
- The encyclopedia has an entry on the history of the computer.
- He has written several articles for an online encyclopedia.
ترکیبهای رایج
Online encyclopedia Printed encyclopedia Encyclopedia entry Encyclopedia article General encyclopedia Specialized encyclopedia
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty