"tetralogy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tɛˈtɹæləd͡ʒi/ Forms: tetralogies [plural]
enPR: tĕ-trălʹ-ə-jē Etymology: From tetra- + -logy. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|tetra|logy}} tetra- + -logy Head templates: {{en-noun}} tetralogy (plural tetralogies)
  1. A set of four works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as four individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
    Sense id: en-tetralogy-en-noun-ZuX7gvUt
  2. A set of four works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as four individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
    (historical) A group of four dramas, three tragic and one satiric, exhibited together at the festivals of Dionysus at Athens.
    Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-tetralogy-en-noun-fU0c8POF
  3. (medicine) A combination of four symptoms. Categories (topical): Medicine Related terms (A combination of four symptoms.): trilogy
    Sense id: en-tetralogy-en-noun-4DpogDqH Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'A combination of four symptoms.': 7 7 74 12
  4. (medicine, colloquial) Tetralogy of Fallot. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Medicine Related terms (Tetralogy of Fallot.): quadrilogy
    Sense id: en-tetralogy-en-noun-smF-JWyD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with tetra-, English terms suffixed with -logy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 19 8 54 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with tetra-: 22 22 11 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -logy: 20 20 9 51 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'Tetralogy of Fallot.': 5 5 3 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (four related works): quadrilogy [nonstandard] Related terms: dilogy, pentalogy, hexalogy, heptalogy, octalogy, ennealogy, decalogy, polylogy (2+) Related terms (A set of four works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as four individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.; A group of four dramas, three tragic and one satiric, exhibited together at the festivals of Dionysus at Athens.): duology Translations (A series of four related works): tetralogia [feminine] (Catalan), tetralogia (Finnish), tétralogie [feminine] (French), tetraloxía [feminine] (Galician), Tetralogie [feminine] (German), τετραλογία (tetralogía) [feminine] (Greek), tetralogi (Malay), tetralogia [feminine] (Occitan), tetralogia [feminine] (Polish), czteroksiąg [masculine] (Polish), tetralogia [feminine] (Portuguese), тетрало́гия (tetralógija) [feminine] (Russian), tetralogía [feminine] (Spanish), tetralogi [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'four related works': 38 38 11 14 Disambiguation of 'A set of four works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as four individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.; A group of four dramas, three tragic and one satiric, exhibited together at the festivals of Dionysus at Athens.': 44 44 2 10 Disambiguation of 'A series of four related works': 37 37 15 11

Inflected forms

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