The structure of the painting is similar to that of a triptych, whose central panel is occupied by the dying horse and the woman carrying the lamp.
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Triptych
//ˈtɹɪp.tɪk//
Synonyms for "triptych" (117 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (35)
Related words (58)
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Translations
37 translations across 34 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- եռապատկեր noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Belarusian
1 entries- тры́пціх noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Bulgarian
1 entries- триптих noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Catalan
1 entries- tríptic noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 三聯畫 /三联画 noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Czech
1 entries- triptych noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Danish
1 entries- triptykon noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Dutch
2 entries- drieluik noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
- triptiek noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Esperanto
1 entries- triptico noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Estonian
1 entries- triptühhon noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Finnish
1 entries- triptyykki noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
French
1 entries- triptyque noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Georgian
1 entries- ტრიპტიქი noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
German
1 entries- Triptychon noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Greek
1 entries- τρίπτυχο noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Hungarian
1 entries- triptichon noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Irish
1 entries- triptic noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Italian
1 entries- trittico noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Japanese
1 entries- トリプティカ noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Latvian
1 entries- triptihs noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Lithuanian
1 entries- triptikas noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Māori
1 entries- kāhui takitoru noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- triptyk noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
- triptykon noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- triptykon noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Polish
1 entries- tryptyk noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Portuguese
1 entries- tríptico noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Romanian
1 entries- triptic noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Russian
1 entries- три́птих noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- triptih noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
- триптих noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Slovene
1 entries- triptih noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Spanish
1 entries- tríptico noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Swedish
1 entries- triptyk noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Ukrainian
1 entries- три́птих noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tam liên hoạ noun (art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
This is a triptych.
Source: tatoeba (11218624)
I never thought breastfeeding would be hard. When I thought about it at all, my mind conjured beatific scenes suffused with a sort of religious glow. […] These days I envisage more of a triptych: the infant Jesus spluttering at the breast, face purple with hangry fury; the infant Jesus possetting milk down Mary’s front; the infant Jesus and the nappy explosion.
Source: wiktionary
Thus, with the passing years, Papa Wemba, a hardworking and introverted man, has come to embody “African pop,” forming a triptych with Youssou N’Dour and Salif Keita.
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