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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin polyptychus, from Ancient Greek πολύπτυχος (polúptukhos, “having many folds”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poˈlit.ti.ko/
- Rhymes: -ittiko
- Hyphenation: po‧lìt‧ti‧co
Noun
polittico m (plural polittici)
- (art) polyptych
Further reading
- polittico in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- polittico in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- polittico in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- polittico in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- polìttico in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- polìttico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana