encyclopaedia
Meaning of encyclopaedia
noun
a book or set of books giving information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject and typically arranged alphabetically.
mid 16th century: modern Latin, from pseudo-Greek enkuklopaideia for enkuklios paideia ‘all-round education’.
Information about encyclopaedia
- It is a name.
- The plural form of encyclopaedia is: encyclopaedias.
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Hyphenation of encyclopaedia
en-cy-clopae-dia
- It consists of 4 syllables and 13 chars.
- encyclopaedia is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
encyclopaedia synonyms
Meaning encyclopedia:
encyclopedia, cyclopedia, cyclopaedia
Words that rhyme with encyclopaedia
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