políptico

Portuguese

políptico

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈlip.t͡ʃi.ku/, /poˈli.pi.t͡ʃi.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈlip.t͡ʃi.ku/, /poˈli.pi.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈlip.t͡ʃi.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puˈli.pti.ku/

• Hyphenation: po‧líp‧ti‧co

Noun

políptico m (plural polípticos)

1. (art) polyptych

Related terms

• díptico
• tríptico

Spanish

Noun

políptico m (plural polípticos)

1. polyptych

Further reading

• “políptico”, 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