tiple
English
Etymology
From Spanish tiple.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtiː.pleɪ/
Noun
tiple (plural tiples)
- (music) Any of several kinds of small, plucked stringed-instrument of the guitar family, used in the traditional musics of Spain and various Latin American nations.
Usage notes
The most prominent of the tiple instruments in English writing is the Colombian version of the instrument -- the Colombian tiple -- and it is that one which is probably referred to if the context doesn't specify it. The other instruments called tiple are largely unrelated to the Colombian version. See Appendix:Glossary of chordophones for a more detailed explanation.
Anagrams
- -ptile
Spanish
Alternative forms
- timple
Etymology
Probably from Old Spanish triple, based on dividing the human voices into bass, tenor and soprano, the latter being the highest. See modern Spanish triple.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtiple/ [ˈt̪i.ple]
- Rhymes: -iple
- Syllabification: ti‧ple
Noun
tiple m (plural tiples)
- treble guitar, a small plucked stringed instrument of the guitar family, used in the traditional musics of Spain and various Latin American nations
- treble guitar player
- soprano, treble (voice, singer)
- (nautical) single-piece mast
References
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
Further reading
- “tiple”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tiple.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tip‧le
- IPA(key): /ˈtiple/, [ˈtip.le]
Noun
tiple
- (music) treble; soprano (voice)
- Synonym: soprano