《百科全書,或科學、藝術和工藝詳解詞典》(法語:Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers),通稱《百科全書》(Encyclopédie),是1751年至1772年間由一批法國啟蒙思想家編撰的一部法語百科全書。共17卷正編,11捲圖編,此後其他人多有補編,1780年再版時共有35卷[1]:48-49。《百科全書》以啟蒙主義為目的,條目常常夾敘夾議、議論時政,造成有時知識的介紹被議論喧賓奪主,從百科全書的角度而言並不能算是一部理想的工具書[1]:48。
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