encyclopedia

Noun

A book or set of books giving information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject and typically arranged alphabetically.

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