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-pedia

-pedia suffix: a specialized encyclopedia about the prefixed subject.

Suffix

-pedia

  1. A specialized encyclopedia about the prefixed subject.
    • unicorn + -o- + -pedia → Unicornopedia (“an encyclopedia about unicorns”)
  2. A general encyclopedia in the structure described by the prefix.
    • kid + -pedia → Kidpedia (“an encyclopedia for young children”)

Forms of -pedia

alternative form-paedia
alternative form-pædia

Origin of -pedia

Back-formation from encyclopedia.

Questions about -pedia

What does -pedia mean?
-pedia means a specialized encyclopedia about the prefixed subject.
What part of speech is -pedia?
-pedia is a suffix.

Words near -pedia in the dictionary

  1. -peat
  2. -ped
  3. -pedal
  4. -pedalism
  5. -pede
  6. -pedia
  7. -pelag
  8. -pelago
  9. -penia
  10. -people
  11. -peridol

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: -pedia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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