triple

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English

Etymology

From Middle English triple (also þripell), from Latin triplus. Doublet of treble.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪpəl/, /ˈtɹɪp.l̩/
• Rhymes: -ɪpəl

Adjective

triple (not comparable)

1. Made up of three related elements, often matching

2. Of three times the quantity; treble.

3. Designed for three users.

4. Folded in three; composed of three layers.
5. Having three aspects.

6. (music) Of time, three times as fast as very fast.
7. (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

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Translations

Noun

triple (plural triples)

1. Three times or thrice the number, amount, size, etc..
2. (informal) A drink with three portions of alcohol.

3. (US) A hamburger with three patties.

4. (baseball) A three-base hit.

5. (basketball) A three-point field goal.
6. (curling) A takeout shot in which three stones are removed from play.
7. (mathematics, computing) A sequence of three elements or 3-tuple.

Hyponyms

• (computing): Hoare triple

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Verb

triple (third-person singular simple present triples, present participle tripling, simple past and past participle tripled)

1. To multiply by three.

2. (baseball) To get a three-base hit.

3. To become three times as large.

4. To serve or operate as (something), in addition to two other functions.

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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)

1. triple

Noun

triple m (plural triples)

1. (sports) triple, treble, hat trick

Further reading

• “triple” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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)

1. triple
2. (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)

1. (baseball) triple

Verb

triple

1. inflection of tripler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. 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

1. feminine plural of triplo

Anagrams

• peltri, pletri

Latin

Numeral

triple

1. vocative masculine singular of triplus

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

triple

1. definite singular of trippel
2. plural of trippel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

triple

1. definite singular of trippel
2. 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)

1. triple
2. threefold
3. three-way

   un triple empate ― a three-way tie

Derived terms

Noun

triple m (plural triples)

1. (quantity) triple (three times as much)
2. (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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• reptil, pretil