Encyclopediaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• encyclopaedia (Britain)
• encyclopædia (古風な用法)

語源

From New Latin encyclopaedia (“general education”), from Renaissance Ancient Greek ἐγκυκλοπαιδεία (enkuklopaideía, “education in the circle of arts かつ sciences”), a mistaken univerbated form of Koine Greek ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ (enkúklios paideíā, “education in the circle of arts かつ sciences”), from ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, “circular”) + παιδείᾱ (paideíā, “child-rearing, education”).

発音

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ənˌsəɪ.kləˈpi.di.ə/
• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA^(key): /ɪnˌsaɪ.kləˈpi(ː).di.ə/
• 韻: -iːdiə
• ハイフネーション: en‧cy‧clo‧pe‧di‧a

名詞

encyclopedia (複数形 encyclopedias または encyclopediae または encyclopediæ)

1. A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, または sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.

   I only use the library for the encyclopedia, as we’ve got most other books here.

   His life's work as a four-volume encyclopedia of aviation topics.

2. (dated) The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge.

使用する際の注意点

The spelling encyclopedia is standard in American English, preferred in Canadian English, accepted in Australian and International English, and also very common in British English. It is more common than encyclopaedia, for example, in UK newspapers on Google News in 2009 by a 7:3 margin.

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参考

• dictionary

Further reading

• encyclopedia on Wikipedia.
• encyclopedia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913