English Online Dictionary. What means triple? What does triple mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English triple (also þripell), from Latin triplus. Doublet of treble.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪpəl/, [ˈtɹɪpl̩]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɹɪpəl/, [ˈt̠͡ɹ̠̊ɪpl̩]
- Rhymes: -ɪpəl
Adjective
triple (not comparable)
- Made up of three related elements, often matching
- Of three times the quantity; treble.
- Designed for three users.
- Folded in three; composed of three layers.
- Having three aspects.
- (music) Of time, three times as fast as very fast.
- (obsolete) One of three; third.
Synonyms
- (made up of three related elements): tern, treble; see also Thesaurus:triple
- (three times the quantity): threefold, thrissome; see also Thesaurus:threefold
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
triple (plural triples)
- Three times or thrice the number, amount, size, etc.
- (informal) A drink with three portions of alcohol.
- (US) A hamburger with three patties.
- (baseball) A three-base hit: a triple play.
- (basketball) A three-point field goal.
- (curling) A takeout shot in which three stones are removed from play.
- (mathematics, computing) A sequence of three elements or 3-tuple.
Hyponyms
- (computing): Hoare triple
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
triple (third-person singular simple present triples, present participle tripling, simple past and past participle tripled)
- To multiply by three.
- (baseball) To get a three-base hit.
- To become three times as large.
- To serve or operate as (something), in addition to two other functions.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
Anagrams
- Pirtle, Tipler, let rip, prelit, tripel
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin triplus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɾi.plə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈtɾi.ple]
Adjective
triple m or f (masculine and feminine plural triples)
- triple
Noun
triple m (plural triples)
- (sports) triple, treble, hat trick
Further reading
- “triple”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
French
Etymology
Semi-learned term resulting from a modification, under the influence of the Latin etymology, of Old French treble, itself from Latin triplus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁipl/
Adjective
triple (plural triples)
- triple
- (music) thirty-second note
- une triple croche ― a thirty-second note
Derived terms
- point triple
- triple buse
triton rugueux troglodyte mignon tronche de cake tu peux causer ténébrion meunier
- triple croche
- triple jeu
- triple saut
- triplement
Noun
triple m (plural triples)
- (baseball) triple
Verb
triple
- inflection of tripler:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “triple”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtri.ple/
- Rhymes: -iple
- Hyphenation: trì‧ple
Adjective
triple
- feminine plural of triplo
Anagrams
- peltri, pletri
Latin
Numeral
triple
- vocative masculine singular of triplus
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
triple
- definite singular of trippel
- plural of trippel
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
triple
- definite singular of trippel
- plural of trippel
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin triplus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɾiple/ [ˈt̪ɾi.ple]
- Rhymes: -iple
- Syllabification: tri‧ple
Adjective
triple m or f (masculine and feminine plural triples)
- triple
- threefold
- three-way
- un triple empate ― a three-way tie
Derived terms
Noun
triple m (plural triples)
- (quantity) triple (three times as much)
- (basketball) three-pointer (A three-point shot; a basket made from beyond the three-point line)
Further reading
- “triple”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Anagrams
- reptil, pretil