אנציקלופדיה

Hebrew

Etymology

Internationalism. Borrowed from New Latin encyclopaedīa and its borrowings in European languages; ultimately from a false univerbated form of Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, “circular”) + παιδείᾱ (paideíā, “education”, literally “rearing of a child”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /en.t͡si.kloˈpe.dja/

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Noun

אֶנְצִיקְלוֹפֶּדְיָה • (entsiklopédya) f (plural indefinite אֶנְצִיקְלוֹפֶּדְיוֹת)

1. encyclopedia