English-Thai Dictionary
triptych
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
TRIPTYCH
Trip "tych, n. Etym: [Gr. Tri- ) +
Defn: Anything in three parts or leaves. Specifically: -- (a ) A writing tablet in three parts, two of which fold over on the middle part. (b ) A picture or altarpiece in three compartments.
New American Oxford Dictionary
triptych
trip tych |ˈtriptik ˈtrɪptɪk | ▶noun a picture or relief carving on three panels, typically hinged together side by side and used as an altarpiece. • a set of three associated artistic, literary, or musical works intended to be appreciated together. ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (denoting a set of three writing tablets hinged or tied together ): from tri- ‘three, ’ on the pattern of diptych .
Oxford Dictionary
triptych
triptych |ˈtrɪptɪk | ▶noun a picture or relief carving on three panels, typically hinged together vertically and used as an altarpiece. • a set of three associated artistic, literary, or musical works intended to be appreciated together. ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (denoting a set of three writing tablets hinged or tied together ): from tri- ‘three ’, on the pattern of diptych .
Duden Dictionary
Triptychon
Tri p ty chon , Trip ty chon Substantiv, Neutrum Kunstwissenschaft , das |Tr i ptychon |das Triptychon; Genitiv: des Triptychons, Plural: die Triptychen und Triptycha zu griechisch tríptychos = dreifach, aus drei Schichten, Lagen übereinander bestehend, zu: trís = dreimal und ptýx, ptýchē = Falte, Schicht, Lage oder ptýssein = mehrfach übereinanderlegen, falten aus einem mittleren Bild und zwei beweglichen, meist je halb so breiten Flügeln bestehende bildliche Darstellung, besonders gemalter oder geschnitzter dreiteiliger Flügelaltar
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
triptych
trip tych /trɪ́ptɪk /名詞 C 1 3枚続きの祭壇画 .2 (古代ローマ人の用いた )三つ折り書字板 .
The Wordsmith Dictionary