"triptych" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹɪptɪk/ Forms: triptychs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪptɪk Etymology: From Ancient Greek τρίπτυχος (tríptukhos, “consisting of three layers, threefold”), from τρι- (tri-) + πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “a fold”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|τρίπτυχος||consisting of three layers, threefold}} Ancient Greek τρίπτυχος (tríptukhos, “consisting of three layers, threefold”), {{m|grc|τρι-}} τρι- (tri-), {{m|grc|πτυχή||a fold}} πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “a fold”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s}} triptych (plural triptychs)
  1. (art) A picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges. Categories (topical): Art Translations (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges): եռապատկեր (eṙapatker) (Armenian), тры́пціх (trýpcix) [masculine] (Belarusian), триптих (triptih) [masculine] (Bulgarian), tríptic [masculine] (Catalan), 三聯畫 (Chinese Mandarin), 三联画 (sānliánhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), triptych [masculine] (Czech), triptykon [neuter] (Danish), drieluik (Dutch), triptiek (Dutch), triptico (Esperanto), triptühhon (Estonian), triptyykki (Finnish), triptyque [masculine] (French), ტრიპტიქი (ṭriṗṭiki) (Georgian), Triptychon [neuter] (German), τρίπτυχο (tríptycho) [neuter] (Greek), triptichon (Hungarian), triptic [feminine] (Irish), trittico [masculine] (Italian), トリプティカ (toriputika) (Japanese), triptihs [masculine] (Latvian), triptikas [masculine] (Lithuanian), kāhui takitoru (Maori), triptyk [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), triptykon [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), triptykon [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), tryptyk [masculine] (Polish), tríptico [masculine] (Portuguese), triptic [masculine] (Romanian), три́птих (tríptix) [masculine] (Russian), триптих [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), triptih [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), triptih [masculine] (Slovene), tríptico (Spanish), triptyk [common-gender] (Swedish), три́птих (trýptyx) [masculine] (Ukrainian), tam liên hoạ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-triptych-en-noun-Y9YpU~9z Topics: art, arts Disambiguation of 'art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges': 75 3 9 3 10
  2. (by extension) A group of three people or works, especially when considered representative of a particular field or theme.
    (film) A film or video sequence intended to be shown on a triple screen with the use of linked projectors.
    Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Film
    Sense id: en-triptych-en-noun-SyXpmgbr Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
  3. (by extension) A group of three people or works, especially when considered representative of a particular field or theme.
    (philately) A set of three se-tenant postage stamps that form a composite picture.
    Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Philately, Three
    Sense id: en-triptych-en-noun-yqw1WV4~ Disambiguation of Three: 17 16 30 16 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 13 50 5 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 15 47 11 14 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 17 11 47 9 16 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately
  4. (by extension) A group of three people or works, especially when considered representative of a particular field or theme. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-triptych-en-noun-Qv1EVfeq
  5. (figurative) Any set of three closely connected ideas or objects. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-triptych-en-noun-fVX6fuDo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: triptich Hypernyms: polyptych [arts] Related terms: diptych

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      "sense": "art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges",
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      "word": "triptichon"
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      "word": "tam liên hoạ"
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