English Explanatory Dictionary

tetralogy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A set of four works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as four individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
  2. A group of four dramas, three tragic and one satiric, exhibited together at the festivals of Dionysus at Athens.
  3. A combination of four symptoms.
  4. Tetralogy of Fallot.

Pronunciation

tĕ-trălʹ-ə-jē /tɛˈtɹæləd͡ʒi/ En-us-tetralogy.ogg

Word forms

tetralogy tetralogies

Etymology

From tetra- + -logy.

Synonyms

quadrilogy

Related words

dilogy pentalogy hexalogy heptalogy octalogy ennealogy decalogy polylogy (2+) duology trilogy quadrilogy

Translations

Arabic: رُبَاعِيَّة Catalan: tetralogia Finnish: tetralogia French: tétralogie French: quadrilogie Galician: tetraloxía German: Tetralogie Greek: τετραλογία Indonesian: tetralogi Malay: tetralogi Occitan: tetralogia Polish: tetralogia Polish: czteroksiąg Portuguese: tetralogia Russian: тетрало́гия Spanish: tetralogía Swedish: tetralogi
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