triptych

triptych

English

Alternative forms

• triptich

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τρίπτυχος (tríptukhos, “consisting of three layers, threefold”), from τρί- (trí-) + πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “a fold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪptɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɪptɪk

Noun

triptych (plural triptychs)

1. (art) A picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges.
2. (philately) A set of three se-tenant postage stamps that form a composite picture.

Hypernyms

• (arts): polyptych

Related terms

• diptych

Translations

art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges

Armenian: եռապատկեր (hy) (eṙapatker) Bulgarian: триптих m (triptih) Catalan: tríptic m Chinese: Mandarin: 三聯畫, 三联画 (sānliánhuà) Czech: triptych (cs) m Danish: triptykon n Dutch: drieluik (nl), triptiek (nl) Esperanto: triptico Estonian: triptühhon Finnish: triptyykki (fi) French: triptyque (fr) m Georgian: ტრიპტიქი (ṭriṗṭiki) German: Triptychon (de) n Greek: τρίπτυχο (el) n (tríptycho) Hungarian: triptichon Italian: trittico (it) m

Japanese: トリプティカ (toriputika) Latvian: triptihs m Lithuanian: triptikas m Maori: kāhui takitoru Norwegian: Bokmål: triptyk n Nynorsk: triptykon n Polish: tryptyk (pl) m Portuguese: tríptico m Romanian: triptic (ro) m Russian: три́птих (ru) m (tríptix) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: триптих m Roman: triptih (sh) m Slovene: triptih m Spanish: tríptico (es) Swedish: triptyk (sv) c