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enciclopédia

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Etymology

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    Learned borrowing from New Latin encyclopaedia (general education), a univerbated form of Koine Greek ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ (enkúklios paideíā), from ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios) +‎ παιδείᾱ (paideíā).

    Pronunciation

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    • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.si.kloˈpɛ.d͡ʒi.ɐ/ [ẽ.si.kloˈpɛ.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.si.kloˈpɛ.d͡ʒjɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.si.kloˈpɛ.d͡ʒi.ɐ/ [ĩ.si.kloˈpɛ.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.si.kloˈpɛ.d͡ʒjɐ/
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.si.kloˈpɛ.d͡ʒi.a/ [ẽ.si.kloˈpɛ.d͡ʒɪ.a], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.si.kloˈpɛ.d͡ʒja/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.si.kloˈpɛ.d͡ʒi.a/ [ĩ.si.kloˈpɛ.d͡ʒɪ.a], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.si.kloˈpɛ.d͡ʒja/

    Noun

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    enciclopédia f (plural enciclopédias)

    1. encyclopedia (reference work consisting of a list of words or expressions, not always arranged in alphabetical order, including general information on all branches of human knowledge)
    2. (linguistics) encyclopedia (knowledge about the world, shared, at a given time and in a given social environment, by interlocutors who participate in the production and interpretation of discursive acts)
    3. (figuratively) wise person

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