tetralogy

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Pronunciation

• enPR: tĕ-trălʹ-ə-jē, IPA: /tɛˈtɹælədʒi/

Noun

tetralogy (plural tetralogies)

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.
   1. (historical) A group of four dramas, three tragic and one satiric, exhibited together at the festivals of Dionysus at Athens.
2. (medicine) A combination of four symptoms.
3. (medicine, colloquial) Tetralogy of Fallot.

Synonyms

• (four related works) quadrilogy (nonstandard)

Related terms

• dilogy (2)
• trilogy (3)
• quadrilogy (4)
• pentalogy (5)
• hexalogy (6)
• heptalogy (7)
• octalogy (8)
• ennealogy (9)
• decalogy (10)
• polylogy (2+)

Translations

• French: tétralogie
• German: Tetralogie
• Portuguese: tetralogia
• Russian: тетрало́гия
• Spanish: tetralogía

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