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noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A form of dictionary with long, detailed entries on words (and often notable people and places), usually with images or illustrations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: енциклопеди́чен ре́чник (enciklopedíčen réčnik) — form of dictionary
  • Danish: albog — form of dictionary
  • Danish: encyklopædisk ordbog — form of dictionary
  • Finnish: ensyklopedinen sanakirja — form of dictionary
  • French: dictionnaire encyclopédique — form of dictionary
  • Galician: dicionario enciclopédico — form of dictionary
  • German: Allbuch — form of dictionary
  • German: enzyklopädisches Wörterbuch — form of dictionary
  • Icelandic: alræn orðabók — form of dictionary
  • Norwegian: allordbok — form of dictionary
  • Norwegian: encyklopedisk ordbok — form of dictionary
  • Portuguese: dicionário enciclopédico — form of dictionary
  • Russian: энциклопедический словарь (enciklopedičeskij slovarʹ) — form of dictionary
  • Swedish: allordbok — form of dictionary
  • Swedish: encyklopedisk ordbok — form of dictionary
  • Vietnamese: từ điển bách khoa — form of dictionary