dittico

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin diptychum, from Ancient Greek δίπτυχος (díptukhos, “folded, doubled”), from δι- (di-) + πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “fold, layer”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdit.ti.ko/
  • Rhymes: -ittiko
  • Hyphenation: dìt‧ti‧co

Noun

dittico m (plural dittici)

  1. (art) diptych

Further reading
  • dittico in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • dittico in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • dittico in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • dìttico in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
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