polyptych

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολύπτυχος (polúptukhos, “with many folds”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “a fold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɒlɪptɪk/

Noun

polyptych (plural polyptychs)

1. (art) A work consisting of multiple painted or carved panels joined together, often with hinges.
   • 2021 September 7, Reginald Wiebe, Polyptych: Adaptation, Television, and Comics, Vernon Press, →ISBN:

     [...], a polyptych is a painting with more than one section – a diptych is a painting in two parts or sections, a triptych in three, and so on. Perhaps the most famous polyptych is the Ghent Altarpiece by the early Flemish painters Hubert and Jan van Eyck.

Hyponyms

• diptych
• triptych
• tetraptych, quadriptych

Translations

a work consisting of multiple painted or carved panels joined together

• Breton: liestaolenn
• Catalan: políptic m
• Esperanto: poliptiko
• Finnish: polyptyykki
• French: polyptyque (fr)
• German: Polyptychon n
• Irish: poiliptic f
• Italian: polittico (it) m
• Lombard: politich (lmo) m
• Maori: kāhui takitini
• Polish: poliptyk (pl) m
• Portuguese: políptico (pt) m
• Romanian: poliptic (ro) n
• Russian: полиптих (ru) m (poliptix)
• Spanish: políptico
• Swedish: polyptyk c