This is a list of encyclopedias by language.
Albanian Encyclopedias written in Albanian.
Albanian Encyclopedic Dictionary (): published by Academy of Sciences of Albania; First Edition (1985; FESH) New Edition (2008/09; Botimi i ri, FESH II) Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia (Albanian edition, 1984): the first encyclopedia published in Albanian Albanian Wikipedia (Wikipedia shqip) Encyclopedia of Albanian Art ()
Arabic
Encyclopedias written in Arabic.
Global Arabic Encyclopedia King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Arabic Health Encyclopedia Marefa Mawdoo3Mawdoo3 Arabic Wikipedia
Armenian Encyclopedias written in Armenian. Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia Armenian Wikipedia Western Armenian Wikipedia
Azerbaijani Encyclopedias written in Azerbaijani.
Azerbaijani Soviet Encyclopedia National Encyclopedia of Azerbaijan Azerbaijani Wikipedia South Azerbaijani Wikipedia
Balinese Encyclopedias written in Balinese
Balinese Wikipedia
Basque Encyclopedias written in Basque
Basque Wikipedia Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia
Belarusian Encyclopedias written in Belarusian:
(Беларуская энцыклапедыя; 1996–2004) Byelorussian Soviet Encyclopedia (Беларуская савецкая энцыклапедыя; 1969–1976) Belarusian Wikipedia Narkamaŭka Belarusian Wikipedia (be.wikipedia.org, Беларуская Вікіпедыя; since 2004) Taraškievica Belarusian Wikipedia (be-tarask.wikipedia.org, Беларуская Вікіпэдыя; since 2004) (Гарады і вёскі Беларусі; 2004–2021) Collection of Monuments of History and Culture of Belarus (Збор помнікаў гісторыі і культуры Беларусі; 1984–1988) (Вялікае Княства Літоўскае (энцыклапедыя); 2005–2010)
Bengali Bishwakosh: 22 volumes, edited by Rangalal Mukhopadhyay, Troilokyanath Mukhopadhyay and Nagendranath Basu Banglapedia Bengali Wikipedia Islami Bishwakosh
Bulgarian
Encyclopedias written in Bulgarian.
Concise Bulgarian Encyclopedia (Кратка българска енциклопедия; 1963–1969) Danchovi Bros Bulgarian Encyclopedia (Българска енциклопедия на Братя Данчови; 1936) Encyclopedia Bulgaria (1981–1997) (Енциклопедия България) Bulgarian Wikipedia (Уикипедия на български език)
Catalan Encyclopedias written in Catalan.
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana (Catalan Encyclopedia)Great Catalan Encyclopedia / Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana Catalan Wikipedia
Chinese
Czech
Encyclopedias written in Czech.
Riegrův slovník naučný (11 volumes, 1860–1874, supplement vol. 1890, online) Stručný všeobecný slovník věcný (9 volumes, 1874–1885, online) Otto's encyclopedia (Ottův slovník naučný, 28 vols., 1888–1909, 12 supplement vols., Ottův slovník naučný nové doby (incomplete), 1930–1943, volumes 1–28 online) Příruční slovník všeobecných vědomostí (2 volumes, 1882–1887, editor Josef Rank, vol 1 online) Masarykův slovník naučný (7 volumes, 1925–1933) B. Kočího Malý slovník naučný (2 volumes, 1925–1929, online) Nový velký ilustrovaný Slovník naučný (22 volumes, 1929–1934, online) Komenského slovník naučný (10 volumes, 1937–1938) Příruční slovník naučný (PSN, 4 volumes, 1962–1967) Malý encyklopedický slovník A-Ž (1 volume, 1972) Ilustrovaný encyklopedický slovník (IES, 3 volumes, 1980–1982) Malá československá encklopedie (MČSE, 6 volumes, 1984–1987) Diderot (8 volumes, 1999–2000) Universum (10 volumes, 1999–2001) Czech Wikipedia (2002–)
Danish
Encyclopedias written in Danish.
Den Store Danske Encyklopædi Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon Danish Wikipedia
Dutch
Egyptian Arabic Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia: a Wikipedia encyclopedia written in Egyptian Arabic language.
English
Encyclopedias written in English.
18th century and earlier
Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1728–1788) Lexicon Technicum (1704–1744)
19th century
Barkham Burroughs' Encyclopaedia (1889), American encyclopedia and miscellany (1889) British Encyclopedia, or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: 1809, 6 volumes The Complete Compendium of Universal Knowledge (1891) The Domestic Encyclopedia (1802, Am. editions 1803, 1821) Encyclopædia Biblica: published in 1899 Kendal's Pocket Encyclopedia (1802, second edition 1811) Low's Encyclopaedia (1805–1811) The Minor Encyclopedia (1803) New American Cyclopedia (1857–1866) Oracle Encyclopædia: five-volume encyclopedia published in 1895
20th and 21st century
Academic American Encyclopedia (1980) American Heritage New Pictorial Encyclopedic Guide to the United States (1965) American Peoples Encyclopedia (1948–1976); the 1948 edition was a 20-volume set published by Spencer Press, Inc., marketed by Sears Roebuck and Company; the 1962 edition was a revised 20-volume set published by Grolier Incorporated, and marketed by its subsidiary, The Richards Company, Inc. Book of Knowledge (1912) Britannica Junior (1934–1984) The British Encyclopedia: 1933, 10 volumes Cambridge Encyclopedia: one-volume encyclopedia from Cambridge University Press (1913–1978) The Canadian Encyclopedia: originally a multi-volume print encyclopedia from Hurtig Publishers focusing on Canadian topics (founded 1985); now a free, online-only publication of the Historica Dominion Institute (since 1985) Chambers's Encyclopaedia (1859–1979) The Children's Encyclopedia (1908–1964) Collier's Encyclopedia (1951–1998) Collins Encyclopedia of Scotland: one-volume encyclopedia (1994, 2000) Columbia Encyclopedia: one-volume encyclopedia from Columbia University Press (1935–2000; available online) Compton's Encyclopedia: 26-volume encyclopedia (1922–2002) Dictionary of the Middle Ages (1982–1989) Encarta, digital multimedia encyclopedia by Microsoft (1993–2011) Encyclopædia Britannica: in print 1768–2010, online since 1994; see also the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite: available on DVD (2003–2015) Encyclopædia Iranica: history and contemporary topics related to Iranian peoples (1985–present) Encyclopedia Americana (1829–present; online) Encyclopedia Judaica: 26-volume English-language encyclopedia of the Jewish people and Judaism Encyclopedia of Associations: also available online as Associations Unlimited (1954) An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand: country-specific historical encyclopedia, with contemporary topics (1966) Funk & Wagnalls Standard Encyclopedia (1912) Global Encyclopedia: Grolier publication during the 1980s Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia (1995) Merit Students Encyclopedia (1967–1992) New American Desk Encyclopedia: small paperback encyclopedia (1977) New International Encyclopaedia (1902–1927) The Nuttall Encyclopaedia: 1900 Pears Cyclopaedia: one-volume encyclopaedia published annually in the United Kingdom (1897–2017) The Peoplepedia (1996)
The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural (1986) The Poets' Encyclopedia (1979) The Random House Encyclopedia: one-volume encyclopedia from Random House (1977, 1983, 1990) Volume Library by Southwestern, 3-volume compendium with aspects of dictionary, almanac and encyclopedia (1911–2004) World Book Encyclopedia: world's best selling print encyclopedia (1917–present)
21st-century-only Banglapedia: national encyclopedia of Bangladesh, available in English and Bengali (since 2003) Encyclopedia of Distances: Springer-Verlag 2009 Encyclopedia of Life: online collaborative encyclopedia intended to document all of the living species known to science (2008) Encyclopaedia of Wales: one volume, also available in Welsh (2008) National Geographic Encyclopedia of Animals (2006) National Geographic Encyclopedia of Space (2004) The Penguin Encyclopedia: New Edition: the world at your fingertips. One-volume encyclopedia published by the Penguin Group (2004) Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand (2001, online since 2005) English Wikipedia (2001) Simple English Wikipedia (2003)
Esperanto Encyclopedias written in Esperanto.
Enciklopedio de Esperanto: two-volume encyclopedia about Esperanto issues (Budapest 1934); reprint in one volume, without the illustrations (1986) Esperanto en perspektivo: encyclopedic handbook about Esperanto issues (Rotterdam and London 1974) Esperanto Wikipedia (2001)
Estonian Encyclopedias written in Estonian.
Eesti Üleüldise teaduse raamat ehk encyklopädia konversationi-lexikon: by Karl August Hermann (1900–1906) Estonian Encyclopedia (1932–1937) (Eesti Entsüklopeedia, 1932–1937) Estonian Soviet Encyclopedia (Eesti nõukogude entsüklopeedia, 1968–1976) ENEKE (1982–1986) Estonian Encyclopedia (titled Estonian Soviet Encyclopedia until 1990) First phase 1985–1990: Eesti nõukogude entsüklopeedia (ENE) Second phase 1990–2006: Eesti entsüklopeedia (EE) EstonicaEstonica TEA entsüklopeedia (2008) Estonian Wikipedia (2002)
Finnish
French
Galician Encyclopedias written in Galician.
Enciclopedia Galega Universal: on paper and online Gran Enciclopedia Galega Silverio Cañada: on paper and DVD Galician Wikipedia (Wikipedia en galego)
Georgian Encyclopedias written in Georgian.
Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia
German
Encyclopedias written in German.
The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in Word and Picture (1886–1902) Bertelsmann Lexikothek (1967) Brockhaus Enzyklopädie: in print 1796–2006, online-only since 2014 Conversations-Lexikon mit vorzüglicher Rücksicht auf die gegenwärtigen Zeiten (1796–1808; see Brockhaus) Der kleine Brockhaus (1925–1962, a shorter encyclopedia published by F. A. Brockhaus AG) Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon (1751–1754) Herders Konversations-Lexikon (1854–1857; 2nd ed. 1875–1879) Meyers Konversations-Lexikon (1839–1855; 5th ed. 1893–1897) Oekonomische Encyklopädie (General System of State, City, Home and Agriculture) Editor Johann Georg Krünitz (242 Volumes 1773–1858) Pierers Universal-Lexikon (1824–1836; 7th ed. 1888–1893) German Wikipedia (Deutsche Wikipedia)
Greek Encyclopedias written in Greek.
Encyclopedic lexicon: by P. Gerakakis, I–V volumes, 1861–1865 (Γερακάκης, Πέτρος. Λεξικόν εγκυκλοπαίδειας: περιέχον τα κυριωτέρα των επιστημών και τεχνών) Helios: Νεώτερον Εγκυκλοπαιδικόν Λεξικόν, Ήλιος (1945) Papyrus Larousse Britannica: Πάπυρος - Λαρούς - Μπριτάννικα (1975–2004) Suda: historical encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world (10th century) Greek Wikipedia (Ελληνική Βικιπαίδεια)
Gujarati Encyclopedias written in Gujarati.
Bhagavadgomandal: completed around by Bhagvatsingh of Gondal with the help of his education minister Chandulal Patel Gujarati Vishwakosh (1985–2009)
Hebrew Encyclopedias written in Hebrew.
Encyclopaedia Hebraica Encyclopedia of the Holocaust Encyclopaedia Biblica (Israel) Encyclopedia Talmudit Hebrew Wikipedia
Hindi Encyclopedias written in Hindi.
Agropedia Hindi Wikipedia Hindi Vishvakosh (1969–1970) VIGYANLY Hindi translation complete
Hungarian
Icelandic Encyclopedias written in Icelandic.
Íslenska alfræðiorðabókin A-Ö
Ido Encyclopedias written in Ido.
Ido Wikipedia
Indonesian Encyclopedias written in Indonesian language.
Ensiklopedi Ekonomi Bisnis dan Manajemen Ensiklopedi Indonesia Ensiklopedi Indonesia Seri Fauna Ensiklopedi Indonesia Seri Geografi Ensiklopedia Indonesia Ensiklopedi Islam Ensiklopedi Nasional Indonesia Ensiklopedi politik Ensiklopedi umum dalam bahasa Indonesia Indonesian Wikipedia (Wikipedia in Indonesia)
Italian
Japanese
Encyclopedias written in Japanese. The Heibonsha World Encyclopedia (世界大百科事典 Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten) Japanese Wikipedia
Kannada Encyclopedia written in Kannada. Siribhoovalaya:of Kumudendu Muni
Kazakh Encyclopedias translated into Kazakh.
Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Korean Encyclopedias written in Korean.
Doosan Encyclopedia Encyclopedia of Korean Culture Global World Encyclopedia Great Korean Encyclopedia Jibong yuseol Kwangmyong Encyclopedia Korean Wikipedia Namuwiki
Kurdish Encyclopedias written in Kurdish.
Kurdistanica (1992)
Kyrgyz Encyclopedias written in Kyrgyz.
Kyrgyz Soviet Encyclopedia National encyclopedia «Kyrgyzstan» «Manas» encyclopedia
Latin
Latvian Encyclopedias written in Latvian.
Latviešu konversācijas vārdnīca, 1927–1940 Latvijas padomju enciklopēdija, 1981–1988 Latvian Wikipedia (2003)
Leonese