encyclopedist

encyclopedist

English

Alternative forms

• encyclopaedist
• encyclopædist

Etymology

encyclopedia +‎ -ist

Noun

encyclopedist (plural encyclopedists)

1. A member of a group of French authors who collaborated in the 18th century in the production of the Encyclopédie, under the direction of Denis Diderot.
2. A person helping to write an encyclopedia.

Related terms

• encyclopedia
• encyclopedic

Translations

member of a group of French authors

Czech: encyklopedista m Esperanto: enciklopediisto German: Enzyklopädist (de) m, Enzyklopädistin f

Serbo-Croatian: enciklopèdist m Spanish: enciclopedista (es) m, f

person helping to write an encyclopedia

Czech: encyklopedista m Dutch: encyclopedist (nl) m, encyclopediste f Esperanto: enciklopediisto

German: Enzyklopädist (de) m, Enzyklopädistin f Serbo-Croatian: enciklopèdist m Spanish: enciclopedista (es) m, f