triple
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See also: triplé
English
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| Cardinal: three Ordinal: third Latinate ordinal: tertiary Reverse order ordinal: third to last Latinate reverse order ordinal: antepenultimate Adverbial: three times, thrice Multiplier: threefold Latinate multiplier: triple Distributive: triply Germanic collective: trio, threesome Collective of n parts: triplet Greek or Latinate collective: triad Greek collective prefix: tri- Latinate collective prefix: tri- Fractional: third Elemental: triplet Greek prefix: trito- Number of musicians: trio, triplet Number of years: triennium | ||
Etymology
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From Middle English triple (also þripell), from Latin triplus. Doublet of treble.
Pronunciation
Adjective
triple (not comparable)
- Made up of three related elements, often matching
- The triple markings on this vase are quite unique.
- Of three times the quantity; treble.
- Give me a triple serving of mashed potatoes.
- Designed for three users.
- a triple room
- Folded in three; composed of three layers.
- Having three aspects.
- a triple meaning
- (music) Of time, three times as fast as very fast.
- (obsolete) One of three; third.
- c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
- the third payes for all: the triples sir , is a good tripping measure
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
- scalar triple product
- triple A
- triple acrostic
- triple agent
- triple A syndrome
- triple bar
- triple barrel
- triple-barrelled
- triple bill
- triple-blind
- triple bluff
- triple bogey
- triple bond
- triple burner
- triple century
- triple check
- triple-click
- triple combination
- triple contrabass viol
- triple crown
- triple-decker
- tripledemic
- triple dog dare
- triple double
- triple-double
- triple down
- triple-E
- triple energizer
- triple entendre
- triple-entendre
- triple fault
- triple feature
- triple-full
- triple goddess
- triple harp
- triple-hat
- triple-headed
- triple-header
- triple jump
- triple-jumper
- triple jumper
- triple-lock
- triple lock
- triple malt
- triple-masted
- triple negative breast cancer
- triple-negative breast cancer
- triple nelson
- triple nine
- triple O
- triple oppression
- triple option
- triple parentheses
- triple play
- triple point
- triple reassortant
- triple science
- triple sec
- triple seven
- triple-SIM
- triple SIM
- triple single
- triple star
- triple star system
- triple stop
- triple-stranded
- triple-tail
- triple-team
- triple test
- triple threat
- triple-threater
- triple threater
- triple time
- triple-triple
- triple triple
- triple valve
- triple warmer
- triple whammy
- triple witching
- triple witching hour
- triple X
- triple X syndrome
Related terms
Translations
three times the quantity
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designed for three users
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composed of three layers
having three aspects
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
Translations
Three times or triple the number, amount, size, etc
(US) a hamburger with three patties
(baseball) a three-base hit
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(curling) a takeout shot
sequence of three elements
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 January, Popular Mechanics, Best tools for your electronics workbench, volume 157, number 1, page 106:
- Radio Shack's All-Purpose Crimper/Cutter ($9.95) doubles as a wire stripper and triples as a bolt cutter.
- 2011, Mel LeCompte, The Tee Cotton Bowl:
- Examination rooms contain shelves overstuffed with football helmets, autographed equipment and even rugby gear. If the office doubles as a mini-museum, it also triples as a minichapel.
Derived terms
Translations
to multiply by three
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(baseball) to get a three-base hit
to become three times as large
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See also
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
triple m or f (masculine and feminine plural triples)
Noun
triple m (plural triples)
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
Adjective
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| Cardinal: trois Ordinal: troisième Ordinal abbreviation: 3e, (nonstandard) 3ème Multiplier: triple Fractional: tiers | ||
| French Wikipedia article on 3 | ||
triple (plural triples)
- triple
- (music) thirty-second note
- une triple croche ― a thirty-second note
Derived terms
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Noun
triple m (plural triples)
Verb
triple
- inflection of tripler:
Further reading
- “triple”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
Adjective
triple
Anagrams
Latin
Numeral
triple
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
triple
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
triple
Spanish
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| Cardinal: tres Ordinal: tercero Apocopated ordinal: tercer Ordinal abbreviation: 3.º Multiplier: triple Fractional: tercio | ||
| Spanish Wikipedia article on 3 | ||
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
triple m or f (masculine and feminine plural triples)
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