"cyclopaedia" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /saɪk.ləʊˈpiːd.i.ə/ [UK] Forms: cyclopaedias [plural], cyclopaediae [plural]
Rhymes: -iːdiə Etymology: From Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”) + παιδεία (paideía, “child-rearing, education”). See cycle, and compare encyclopedia. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|κύκλος|t=circle}} Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”), {{m|grc|παιδεία|t=child-rearing, education}} παιδεία (paideía, “child-rearing, education”), {{m|en|cycle}} cycle, {{m|en|encyclopedia}} encyclopedia Head templates: {{en-noun|s|cyclopaediae}} cyclopaedia (plural cyclopaedias or cyclopaediae)
  1. (archaic) The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-cyclopaedia-en-noun-m9CfVyV7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 69 31 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 90 10
  2. (archaic) An encyclopedia. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Reference works
    Sense id: en-cyclopaedia-en-noun-Ve5bvE9e Disambiguation of Reference works: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cyclopædia [UK], cyclopedia [US] Related terms: encyclopedia

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