different between treble vs treblet

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??b?l/
• Rhymes: -?b?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English treble, from Old French treble, from Latin triplus. Doublet of triple.

Adjective

treble (not comparable)

1. (music) Pertaining to the highest singing voice or part in harmonized music; soprano.
2. High in pitch; shrill.
3. (rare) Threefold, triple.
   • 1837 Penny Cyclopedia, vol. 7, s.v. "Constantinople":

     The treble walls and ditches on the land side [...] diminish the extent of ground covered with houses.

Synonyms

• (high in pitch): high-pitched, strident
• (triple): see also Thesaurus:triple

Antonyms

• (music) bass
• (maths) third

Related terms

• treble clef
• treble staff

Adverb

treble (not comparable)

1. Trebly; triply.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of J. Fletcher to this entry?)

Synonyms

• thrice, threefold; see also Thesaurus:thrice

Noun

treble (plural trebles)

1. (music) The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition.
2. (music) A person or instrument having a treble voice or pitch; a boy soprano.
3. The highest tuned in a ring of bells.
4. Any high-pitched or shrill voice or sound.
5. A threefold quantity or number; something having three parts or having been tripled.
6. A drink with three portions of alcohol.
7. (darts) Any of the narrow areas enclosed by the two central circles on a dartboard, worth three times the usual value of the segment.
8. (sports) Three goals, victories, awards etc. in a given match or season.
   • 2014, Jacob Steinberg, "Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian, 9 March 2014:

     As for City, a domestic treble is off the cards and they must haul themselves off the floor quickly with the second leg of their last-16 Champions League tie against Barcelona on Wednesday.

Translations

Verb

treble (third-person singular simple present trebles, present participle trebling, simple past and past participle trebled)

1. (transitive) To multiply by three; to make into three parts, layers, or thrice the amount.
2. (intransitive) To become multiplied by three or increased threefold.
3. (intransitive) To make a shrill or high-pitched noise.
4. (transitive) To utter in a treble key; to whine.
   • 1618, George Chapman, A Hymn to Hermes

     He outrageously / (When I accused him) trebled his reply.

Synonyms

• (multiply by three): triple; see also Thesaurus:treble
• (make a high-pitched noise): keen, screech, shrill
• (utter in a treble key): whine

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

treble (plural trebles)

1. Alternative form of tribble (“frame for drying paper”)

Anagrams

• Belter, Beltre, Elbert, Lebert, belter

Old French

Etymology

From Latin triplus.

Adjective

treble m (oblique and nominative feminine singular treble)

1. treble; triple
   • 1314, H. de Mondeville, Chirurgie, page 24, 3rd column, lines 9-12

     L'utilité […] est treble

     The usefulness […] is treble

Descendants

• ? Middle English: treble
  • English: treble

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (treble)

English

Noun

treblet (plural treblets)

1. Alternative form of triblet