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 (eṙapatker)
• Bulgarian: триптих m (triptih)
• Catalan: tríptic m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 三聯畫／三联画 (sānliánhuà)

• Czech: triptych m
• Danish: triptykon n
• Dutch: drieluik, triptiek
• Esperanto: triptico
• Estonian: triptühhon
• Finnish: triptyykki
• French: triptyque m
• Georgian: ტრიპტიქი (ṭriṗṭiki)
• German: Triptychon n
• Greek: τρίπτυχο n (tríptycho)
• Hungarian: triptichon
• Italian: trittico m
• Japanese: トリプティカ (toriputika)
• Latvian: triptihs m
• Lithuanian: triptikas m
• Maori: kāhui takitoru
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: triptyk n, triptykon n

  Nynorsk: triptykon n

• Polish: tryptyk m
• Portuguese: tríptico m
• Romanian: triptic m
• Russian: три́птих m (tríptix)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: триптих m

  Roman: triptih (sh) m

• Slovene: triptih m
• Spanish: tríptico
• Swedish: triptyk c
• Vietnamese: tam liên hoạ