diptiek
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French diptyque, from Late Latin diptycha, plural, from Ancient Greek δίπτυχα (díptukha), neuter plural of δίπτυχος (díptukhos, “folded, doubled”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪpˈtik/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: dip‧tiek
- Rhymes: -ik
Noun
diptiek f or n (plural diptieken, diminutive diptiekje n)
- diptych [from 19th c.]
- 1858, Johan Van Rotterdam, “Eenige groote mannen Belgiës”, in De Vlaemsche School, volume 4, page 183:
- Het Musaeum van Antwerpen bezit een zeer schoonen dubbelen diptiek van Van Memmelinghe, die het jaerteeken van 1499 draegt.
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