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See also:triplé

English

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   Cardinal:three
   Ordinal:third
   Abbreviated ordinal:3rd
   Latinate ordinal:tertiary
   Reverse order ordinal:third to last
   Latinate reverse order ordinal:antepenultimate
   Adverbial:threetimes,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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PIE word
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FromMiddle Englishtriple (alsoþripell), fromLatintriplus.Doublet oftreble.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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triple (notcomparable)

  1. Made up of three related elements, often matching
    Thetriple markings on this vase are quite unique.
  2. Of three times the quantity;treble.
    Give me atriple serving of mashed potatoes.
  3. Designed for three users.
    atriple room
  4. Folded in three; composed of three layers.
  5. Having three aspects.
    atriple meaning
  6. (music) Of time, three times as fast as very fast.
  7. (obsolete) One of three; third.

Synonyms

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Translations

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made up of three related elements
three times the quantity
designed for three users
composed of three layers
having three aspects
(music) three times as fast

Noun

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triple (pluraltriples)

  1. Threetimes orthrice thenumber,amount,size, etc.
  2. (informal) Adrink with threeportions ofalcohol.
    I've had a hard day; make that atriple.
  3. (US) Ahamburger with threepatties.
    I'd like atriple with cheese.
  4. (baseball) A three-basehit.
    The shortstop hit atriple to lead off the ninth.
  5. (basketball) A three-pointfield goal.
  6. (curling) Atakeoutshot in which threestones are removed from play.
  7. (mathematics, computing) A sequence of three elements or 3-tuple.

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Translations

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Three times or triple the number, amount, size, etc
a drink with three portions of alcohol
(US) a hamburger with three patties
(baseball) a three-base hit
(curling) a takeout shot
sequence of three elements

Verb

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triple (third-person singular simple presenttriples,present participletripling,simple past and past participletripled)

  1. Tomultiply bythree.
    The companytripled their earnings per share over last quarter.
  2. (baseball) To get a three-basehit.
    The battertripled into the gap.
  3. To become three times aslarge.
    Our earnings havetripled in the last year.
  4. To serve or operate as (something), in addition to two other functions.
    • 1982 January, Popular Mechanics,Best tools for your electronics workbench, volume157, number 1, page106:
      Radio Shack's All-Purpose Crimper/Cutter ($9.95) doubles as a wire stripper andtriples 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 alsotriples as a minichapel.

Derived terms

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Translations

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to multiply by three
(baseball) to get a three-base hit
to become three times as large

See also

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Number12345
Modifiersingledouble /twofoldtriple /threefoldquadruple /fourfoldquintuple / pentuple /fivefold
Wholeloner /singleton /monadpair /couple /twosome /dyadtrio /threesome /triad /troikafoursome /tetradfivesome
Partonly one /singlettwin / one of two /doublettriplet / one of threequadruplet / one of fourquintuplet /pentuplet / one of five
Number678910
Modifiersextuple /hextuple /sixfoldseptuple /heptuple /sevenfoldoctuple /eightfoldninefold /nonupletenfold /decuple
Wholesixsomesevensomeeightsomeninesometensome /decad
Partsextuplet /hextuplet / one of sixone of seven /septuplet / heptupletoctuplet / one of eightone of nine /nonupletone of ten /decuplet
Number111213100many
Modifierelevenfold /undecuple /hendecupletwelvefold /duodecuplethirteenfold /tredecupleahundredfold /centuplemultiple
Wholeelevensometwelvesomethirteensomehundredsome
Partone of eleven /undecuplet / hendecupletone of twelve /duodecupletone of thirteen /tredecupletone of a hundred /centupletone of many /multiplet

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatintriplus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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triple m orf (masculine and feminine pluraltriples)

  1. triple

Noun

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triple m (pluraltriples)

  1. (sports)triple,treble,hat trick

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French

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Etymology

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Semi-learned term resulting from a modification, under the influence of the Latin etymology, ofOld Frenchtreble, itself fromLatintriplus.

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Adjective

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French numbers(edit)
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   Cardinal:trois
   Ordinal:troisième
   Ordinalabbreviation:3e,(nonstandard)3ème
   Multiplier:triple
   Fractional:tiers
French Wikipedia article on3

triple (pluraltriples)

  1. triple
  2. (music)thirty-second note
    unetriple croche ―a thirty-second note

Derived terms

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triton rugueuxtroglodyte mignontronche de caketu peux causerténébrion meunier

Noun

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triple m (pluraltriples)

  1. (baseball)triple

Verb

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triple

  1. inflection oftripler:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive
    2. second-personsingularimperative

Further reading

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtri.ple/
  • Rhymes:-iple
  • Hyphenation:trì‧ple

Adjective

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triple

  1. feminineplural oftriplo

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Latin

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Numeral

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triple

  1. vocativemasculinesingular oftriplus

Norwegian Bokmål

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Adjective

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triple

  1. definitesingular oftrippel
  2. plural oftrippel

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Adjective

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triple

  1. definitesingular oftrippel
  2. plural oftrippel

Spanish

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   Cardinal:tres
   Ordinal:tercero
   Apocopated ordinal:tercer
   Ordinalabbreviation:3.º
   Multiplier:triple
   Fractional:tercio
Spanish Wikipedia article on3

Etymology

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FromLatintriplus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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triple m orf (masculine and feminine pluraltriples)

  1. triple
  2. threefold
  3. three-way
    untriple empate ―athree-way tie

Derived terms

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Noun

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triple m (pluraltriples)

  1. (quantity)triple(three times as much)
  2. (basketball)three-pointer(A three-point shot; a basket made from beyond the three-point line)

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