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A work consisting of multiple painted or carved panels joined together, often with hinges.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: art, arts
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: panel painting
From Ancient Greek πολύπτυχος (polúptukhos, “with many folds”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “a fold”).
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Breton:
liestaolenn
— a work consisting of multiple painted or carved panels joined together
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Catalan:
políptic
— a work consisting of multiple painted or carved panels joined together
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Esperanto:
poliptiko
— a work consisting of multiple painted or carved panels joined together
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Finnish:
polyptyykki
— a work consisting of multiple painted or carved panels joined together
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French:
polyptyque
— a work consisting of multiple painted or carved panels joined together
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German:
Polyptychon
— a work consisting of multiple painted or carved panels joined together
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Irish:
poiliptic
— a work consisting of multiple painted or carved panels joined together
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Italian:
polittico
— a work consisting of multiple painted or carved panels joined together
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Lombard:
politich
— a work consisting of multiple painted or carved panels joined together
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Macedonian:
полиптих
(poliptih)
— a work consisting of multiple painted or carved panels joined together
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Māori:
kāhui takitini
— a work consisting of multiple painted or carved panels joined together
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Polish:
poliptyk
— a work consisting of multiple painted or carved panels joined together
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Portuguese:
políptico
— a work consisting of multiple painted or carved panels joined together
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Romanian:
poliptic
— a work consisting of multiple painted or carved panels joined together
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Russian:
полиптих
(poliptix)
— a work consisting of multiple painted or carved panels joined together
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Spanish:
políptico
— a work consisting of multiple painted or carved panels joined together
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Swedish:
polyptyk
— a work consisting of multiple painted or carved panels joined together