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Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin diptychum, from Ancient Greek δίπτυχος (díptukhos, “folded, doubled”), from δι- (di-) + πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “fold, layer”).
Pronunciation
Noun
dittico m (plural dittici)
- (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