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triple
English
Etymology
From Middle English triple (also þripell), from Latin triplus. Doublet of treble.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t??p?l/, /?t??pl/
- Rhymes: -?p?l
Adjective
triple (not comparable)
- Made up of three related elements, often matching
- Of three times the quantity.
- 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
- triple-barrelled
- triple valve
Related terms
- duple
- treble
Translations
Noun
triple (plural triples)
- Three times or thrice the number, amount, size, etc
- (informal) A drink with three portions of alcohol.
- I've had a hard day; make that a triple.
- (US) A hamburger with three patties.
- I'd like a triple with cheese.
- (baseball) A three-base hit
- The shortstop hit a triple to lead off the ninth.
- (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
- triplestore
Translations
Verb
triple (third-person singular simple present triples, present participle tripling, simple past and past participle tripled)
- To multiply by three
- The company tripled their earnings per share over last quarter.
- (baseball) To get a three-base hit
- The batter tripled into the gap.
- To become three times as large
- Our earnings have tripled in the last year.
- To serve or operate as (something), in addition to two other functions.
- 1982, Popular Mechanics, Best tools for your electronics workbench (volume 157, number 1, page 106, January 1982)
- Radio Shack's All-Purpose Crimper/Cutter ($9.95) doubles as a wire stripper and triples as a bolt cutter.
- 1982, Popular Mechanics, Best tools for your electronics workbench (volume 157, number 1, page 106, January 1982)
Translations
See also
- treble
- triple jump
- triple sec
- triple goddess
Anagrams
- Pirtle, Tipler, let rip, prelit, tripel
Catalan
Etymology
Latin triplus
Adjective
triple (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, 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): /t?ipl/
Adjective
triple (plural triples)
- triple
- (music) thirty-second note
Derived terms
- point triple
- 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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Adjective
triple
- feminine plural of triplo
Anagrams
- peltri
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): /?t?iple/, [?t??i.ple]
Adjective
triple (plural triples)
- triple
- threefold
- three-way
Derived terms
- salto triple
- triple diosa
- triple salto
Anagrams
- reptil, pretil
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three
Translingual
Etymology
From English three
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?tri?] [sic]
Numeral
three
- Code word for the digit 3 in the NATO/ICAO spelling alphabet
Synonyms
ITU/IMO code word terrathree
References
English
Alternative forms
- thre, threy, thrie (all obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English thre, threo, thrie, thri, from Old English þr?, from Proto-West Germanic *þr??, from Proto-Germanic *þr?z, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Doublet of trey.
Cognates with German drei, Albanian tre, Armenian ???? (erek?), Latvian tr?s, Lithuanian tr?s, Greek ????? (tre?s), and others.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: thr? IPA(key): /??i?/, [????i?], [?????i]
- (UK, th-fronting) enPR: fr? IPA(key): /f?i?/
- (Ireland) IPA(key): /??i?/, [????i?], [t????i?]
- (General American) enPR: thr? IPA(key): /??i?/, [????i]
- Rhymes: -i?
- Homophones: tree (with th-stopping), free (with th-fronting)
Numeral
three
- A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as 3; this many dots (•••).
- Venters began to count them—one—two—three—four—on up to sixteen.
- Describing a set or group with three elements.
Synonyms
- (numerical value): leash, tether (dialectal)
Related terms
- third, thrice, triple
Translations
See also
- Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages
Noun
three (plural threes)
- The digit/figure 3.
- Anything measuring three units, as length.
- Put all the threes in a separate container.
- A person who is three years old.
- All the threes will go in Mrs. Smith's class, while I'll take the fours and fives.
- The playing card featuring three pips.
- Three o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
- (basketball) Abbreviation of three-pointer.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
Anagrams
- Ehret, Ether, Reeth, ether, rethe, theer, there
Manx
Numeral
three
- Alternative spelling of tree.
Scots
Alternative forms
- (South Scots) threi, shrei, hrei
Etymology
From Middle English thre, from Old English þri?, þr?, þre?, from Proto-West Germanic *þr??, from Proto-Germanic *þr?z, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ri?/
- (South Scots) IPA(key): /?r?i/
- (Shetland) IPA(key): /tri?/
Numeral
three
- three
Related terms
- threty
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