políptico
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολύπτυχος (polúptukhos, “with many folds”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “a fold”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /poˈlip.t͡ʃi.ku/, /poˈli.pi.t͡ʃi.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /poˈlip.t͡ʃi.ko/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /puˈli.pti.ku/
- Hyphenation: po‧líp‧ti‧co
Noun
políptico m (plural polípticos)
Related terms
Further reading
- “políptico”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “políptico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Noun
políptico m (plural polípticos)
Further reading
- “políptico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025