Longman Dictionary English From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Painting and drawingdiptychdip‧tych /ˈdɪptɪk/ noun [countable] AVPa picture made in two parts which can be closed like a book → triptychOrigin diptych (1600-1700) Late Latin diptycha, from Greek, from diptychos “folded in two” ldoceonline.com