díptico

Portuguese

díptico

Etymology

From Late Latin diptycha, plural, from Ancient Greek, neuter plural of δίπτυχος (díptukhos, “folded, doubled”), from δι (di) + -πτυχος (-ptukhos) (akin to Greek πτυχή (ptychí, “fold, layer”)).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒip.t͡ʃi.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒip.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒip.t͡ʃi.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.pti.ku/

• Hyphenation: díp‧ti‧co

Noun

díptico m (plural dípticos)

1. (art) diptych

Related terms

• tríptico
• políptico

Spanish

Noun

díptico m (plural dípticos)

1. diptych

Further reading

• “díptico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10