different between triple vs trial

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)

1. Made up of three related elements, often matching

2. Of three times the quantity.

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

Derived terms

• triple-barrelled
• triple valve

Related terms

• duple
• treble

Translations

Noun

triple (plural triples)

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

   I've had a hard day; make that a triple.

3. (US) A hamburger with three patties.

   I'd like a triple with cheese.

4. (baseball) A three-base hit

   The shortstop hit a triple to lead off the ninth.

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

Derived terms

• triplestore

Translations

Verb

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

1. To multiply by three

   The company tripled their earnings per share over last quarter.

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

   The batter tripled into the gap.

3. To become three times as large

   Our earnings have tripled in the last year.

4. 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.

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)

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): /t?ipl/

Adjective

triple (plural triples)

1. triple
2. (music) thirty-second note

Derived terms

• point triple
• 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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Adjective

triple

1. feminine plural of triplo

Anagrams

• peltri

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): /?t?iple/, [?t??i.ple]

Adjective

triple (plural triples)

1. triple
2. threefold
3. three-way

Derived terms

• salto triple
• triple diosa
• triple salto

Anagrams

• reptil, pretil

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?a??l/
• Rhymes: -a??l
• Hyphenation: tri?al

Etymology 1

From Middle English trial, triall, from Anglo-Norman trial, triel, from trier (“to pick out, cull”) + -al. More at English try.

Noun

trial (plural trials)

1. An opportunity to test something out; a test.

   They will perform the trials for the new equipment next week.

2. Appearance at judicial court in order to be examined.
3. A difficult or annoying experience.

   That boy was a trial to his parents.

4. A tryout to pick members of a team.

   soccer trials

5. (ceramics) A piece of ware used to test the heat of a kiln.
6. (Britain) An internal examination set by Eton College.

Translations

Adjective

trial (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to a trial or test.
2. Attempted on a provisional or experimental basis.

Translations

Verb

trial (third-person singular simple present trials, present participle (UK) trialling or (US) trialing, simple past and past participle (UK) trialled or (US) trialed)

1. To carry out a series of tests on (a new product, procedure etc.) before marketing or implementing it.
2. To try out (a new player) in a sports team.

Translations

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin tri- (stem of tr?s (“three”)) + -al, on the pattern of dual.

Adjective

trial (not comparable)

1. Characterized by having three (usually equivalent) components.
2. Triple.
3. (grammar) Pertaining to a language form referring to three of something, like people; contrast singular, dual and plural. (See Ambai language for an example.)

   No language has a trial number unless it has a dual.

Derived terms

• triality

Translations

See also

• (grammatical numbers) grammatical number; singular, dual, trial, quadral, paucal, plural ^{(Category: en:Grammar)}

Anagrams

• TRALI, Trail, irtal, litra, trail

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English trial.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tri?al

Noun

trial m (plural trials, diminutive trialtje n)

1. Cross with small but sturdy and very versatile motorcycles, cars or bicycles

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English trial.

Noun

trial m (invariable)

1. (sports) trials (motorcycle etc)

Anagrams

• altri, latri, tarli

Old French

Etymology

trier (“to try such as in a court of law”) +? -al.

Noun

trial m (oblique plural triaus or triax or trials, nominative singular triaus or triax or trials, nominative plural trial)

1. trial (legal procedure)

Usage notes

• due to lack of attestation, the precise meaning is uncertain

Descendants

• ? English: trial

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (trial)
• trial on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub