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compendium
- /kəmˈpɛn.di.əm/
Where it comes from
From the Latin compendium (“that which is weighed together; a sparing, a saving, an abbreviation”), from com- (“with”) + pendō (“to weigh”).
noun compendiums · compendia
- A short, complete summary; an abstract.
- A list or collection of various items. It was this last variety which formed the backbone of the first published Italian compendium of games, Innocenzo Ringhieri's One Hundred Games of Liberality and Ingenuity of 1551, dedicated to Cathérine de' Medici.
- A collection of board games packaged in a single box.
- A collected body of information on the standards of strength, purity, and quality of drugs.
Similar: encyclopedia, cyclopedia
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: collection, abstract, overview, rundown, abridged, summary, abbreviated, collation, series, compilation, anthology, corpus, casebook, listing, synthesis, index
noun
Similar: encyclopedia, cyclopedia
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noun short, complete summary
| Español | compendio |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 大要 taiyou, 要約 youyaku |
| Kiswahili | mkusanyiko |
| Français | recueil, compendium |
| Deutsch | Kompendium |
| Italiano | compendio |
| Ελληνικά | επιτομή epitomí, σύνοψη sýnopsi |
| Română | compendiu |
| Русский | конспе́кт konspékt, компе́ндиум kompéndium |
| Tiếng Việt | sơ lược, tóm lược, toát yếu, tập yếu |
Talk about this word "compendium." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/compendium. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. compendium. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/compendium "compendium." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/compendium.Cite this
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title = {compendium},
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