triptych
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- noun
- /ˈtrɪpˌtɪk/
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tríptico
- Marie is also the model for the central fury in Gustav Klimt's Beethoven triptych "The Hostile Forces."
- panel of the triptych
- exterior of the triptych
- commissioned the triptych
Examples
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Meeting this girl just now had been like seeing the last picture of a triptych.
Fiction book (1995) -
And this book is a triptych of three different invented boom towns.
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Who wants to see the triptych?
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The addition of a small portrait in the interior of the triptych would have provided a relatively quick and easy solution.
Academic text (1991) -
Then you have a Reliquary triptych down below with the collection you see of the little relics made clear to you.
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The work was originally a triptych altarpiece; the right-hand folding panel has been lost.
Blog text (34) -
As such, it is an homage to the magnificent painted triptychs associated with the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
Academic text (1997) -
So this, this triptych, these three panels portray the timeless truth that order tends to decay, the truth of social entropy.
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There, in the famous Piero della Francesca triptych, a hooded man kneels at the base of the cross.
Academic text (2012) -
The artist created a stunning triptych that showcases three distinct landscapes.
Synonyms
A work of art made of three panels that join to make one picture
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Surface Forms
Morphology
triptych = tri + ptych
Partly transparent because 'tri-' signals 'three', but the root 'ptych' is not a standalone English word and is unfamiliar to most learners, so the exact sense ('three-panel/folded work') is not fully derivable from known English morphemes.
Etymology
Triptych comes from Greek parts tri- ('three') and -ptych ('fold'). You can see tri- in words like triple or tripod, and the 'fold' part explains why a triptych is three panels joined so the side panels can fold over the centre.