ensiklopedi
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch encyclopedie, from French encyclopédie, from New Latin encyclopaedia (“general education”), from Renaissance Ancient Greek ἐγκυκλοπαιδεία (enkuklopaideía, “education in the circle of arts and sciences”), a mistaken univerbated form of Koine Greek ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ (enkúklios paideíā, “education in the circle of arts and sciences”), from ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, “circular”) + παιδείᾱ (paideíā, “child-rearing, education”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛnsikloˈpɛdi/
- Rhymes: -di, -i
- Hyphenation: èn‧sik‧lo‧pè‧di
Noun
ènsiklopèdi (plural ensiklopedi-ensiklopedi, first-person possessive ensiklopediku, second-person possessive ensiklopedimu, third-person possessive ensiklopedinya)
- alternative spelling of énsiklopédia (“encyclopedia”)
Further reading
- “ensiklopedi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.