triple

triple

See also: triplé

English

English numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: three     Ordinal: third     Latinate ordinal: tertiary     Adverbial: three times, thrice     Multiplier: threefold     Latinate multiplier: triple     Distributive: triply     Collective: trio, threesome     Multiuse collective: triplet     Greek or Latinate collective: triad     Greek collective prefix: tri-     Latinate collective prefix: tri-     Fractional: third     Latinate fractional prefix: trient-     Elemental: triplet     Greek prefix: trito-     Number of musicians: trio, triplet     Number of years: triennium

Etymology

PIE word
*tréyes

From Middle English triple (also þripell), from Latin triplus. Doublet of treble.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪpəl/, /ˈtɹɪp.l̩/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪpəl

Adjective

triple (not comparable)

1. Made up of three related elements, often matching

   The triple markings on this vase are quite unique.

2. Of three times the quantity.

   Give me a triple serving of mashed potatoes.

3. Designed for three users.

   a triple room

4. Folded in three; composed of three layers.
5. Having three aspects.

   a triple meaning

6. (music) Of time, three times as fast as very fast.
7. (obsolete) One of three; third.
   • c. 1601–1602, William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or VVhat You VVill”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene i]:

     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

• triple-barrelled
• tripledemic
• triple fault
• triple goddess
• triple-headed
• triple jump
• triple sec
• triple valve
• triple X syndrome

 

Related terms

• duple
• treble

 

Translations

made up of three related elements

Arabic: ثُلَاثِيّ‎ (ṯulāṯiyy) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Basque: please add this translation if you can Belarusian: трайны́ (trajný), патро́йны (patrójny) Bulgarian: тро́ен (bg) (tróen) Catalan: triple (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 三重 (zh) (sānchóng) Czech: trojitý Danish: tredobbelt Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kolmois- (fi) French: triple (fr) Galician: triplo Georgian: სამმაგი (sammagi) German: dreifach (de) Greek: Ancient: τριπλοῦς (triploûs) Hindi: त्रि (hi) (tri) Irish: triarach Italian: triplo (it) Japanese: 三重 (ja) (みえ mie, さんじゅう sanjū) Khmer: បីដង (beidɑɑng) Korean: 삼중(三重) (ko) (samjung) Macedonian: троен (troen) Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Bokmål: trippel Nynorsk: trippel Occitan: triple Polish: potrójny (pl) Portuguese: triplo (pt) Russian: тройно́й (ru) (trojnój) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: тро̑јнӣ Roman: trȏjnī (sh) Slovak: trojitý Slovene: trojen (sl) Spanish: triple (es) Swedish: trippel- Thai: สามเท่า Ukrainian: потрі́йний (potríjnyj), трої́стий (trojístyj), трійча́стий (trijčástyj) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can Welsh: triphlyg

three times the quantity

Arabic: ثُلَاثِيّ‎ (ṯulāṯiyy) Belarusian: патро́йны (patrójny), трохразо́вы (troxrazóvy), трохкра́тны (troxkrátny), трыкро́тны (trykrótny) Bulgarian: трикра́тен (bg) (trikráten) Catalan: triple (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 三倍 (zh) (sānbèi) Czech: trojitý Dutch: drievoudig (nl), driedubbel (nl) Finnish: kolminkertainen (fi) French: triple (fr) Galician: triplo Georgian: სამმაგი (sammagi) Hindi: तिगुना (hi) (tigunā), तिगना (hi) (tignā) Irish: triarach Italian: triplo (it) Japanese: 三倍 (さんばい sambai), 三重 (ja) (みえ mie, さんじゅう sanjū) Korean: 삼배(三倍) (ko) (sambae) Latin: triplus, triplex Macedonian: трикратен (trikraten) Malay: tiga ganda Norwegian: Bokmål: trippel Nynorsk: trippel Plautdietsch: dreefach Polish: potrójny (pl) Portuguese: triplo (pt) Russian: тройно́й (ru) (trojnój), троекра́тный (ru) (trojekrátnyj), утро́енный (ru) (utrójennyj) Slovak: trojitý Spanish: triple (es) Ukrainian: потрі́йний (potríjnyj), триразо́вий (tryrazóvyj), трикра́тний (trykrátnyj), троєкра́тний (trojekrátnyj) Welsh: triphlyg, tri (cy) m, tair (cy) f

designed for three users

Arabic: ثُلَاثِيّ‎ (ṯulāṯiyy) Bulgarian: триме́стен (trimésten) Finnish: kolmelle French: (please verify) triple (fr), (please verify) pour trois Polish: trzyosobowy (pl) Russian: трёхме́стный (ru) (trjoxméstnyj)

composed of three layers

Arabic: ثُلَاثِيّ‎ (ṯulāṯiyy) Bulgarian: трисло́ен (trislóen) Catalan: ternari Finnish: kolmitasoinen Japanese: 三層の (さんそうの, sansō no) Polish: potrójny (pl) Russian: трёхсло́йный (ru) (trjoxslójnyj), тройно́й (ru) (trojnój)

having three aspects

Finnish: kolmois- (fi) French: triple (fr) Polish: potrójny (pl) Russian: тройно́й (ru) (trojnój)

(music) three times as fast

Catalan: ternari Finnish: tripla (fi) French: triple (fr)

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

Three times or triple the number, amount, size, etc

Hindi: तिगुना (hi) (tigunā), तिगना (hi) (tignā) Maori: reatoru Polish: potrojenie n

a drink with three portions of alcohol

Finnish: tripla (fi) French: triple (fr) m

(US) a hamburger with three patties

(baseball) a three-base hit

Catalan: batada triple (ca) f French: triple (fr) m

(curling) a takeout shot

sequence of three elements

Catalan: terna Czech: trojice (cs) f Finnish: kolmikko (fi), tripla (fi) French: triple (fr) m Italian: triplo (it) m Japanese: 三重 (ja) (さんじゅう, sanjū) Portuguese: tripla f Romanian: triplu (ro) m or n Slovak: trojica f Spanish: triple (es) m

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.

   • 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

• triplet

 

Translations

to multiply by three

Armenian: եռապատկել (hy) (eṙapatkel) Bulgarian: утроявам (utrojavam) Catalan: triplicar (ca) Czech: ztrojnásobit (cs) Danish: tredoble Dutch: verdrievoudigen (nl) Esperanto: triobligi Finnish: kolminkertaistaa, triplata French: tripler (fr) Galician: triplicar (gl) German: verdreifachen (de) Greek: τριπλασιάζω (el) (triplasiázo) Hindi: तिगना (hi) (tignā), तिगुना (hi) (tigunā) Italian: triplicare (it) Japanese: 三倍する (sanbai suru) Maori: whakareatoru Norwegian: tredoble Polish: troić impf, potroić pf, potrajać impf Portuguese: triplicar (pt) Russian: утра́ивать (ru) impf (utráivatʹ), утро́ить (ru) pf (utróitʹ) Spanish: triplicar (es)

(baseball) to get a three-base hit

to become three times as large

Bulgarian: утроявам се (utrojavam se) Catalan: triplicar (ca) Esperanto: triobliĝi Finnish: kolminkertaistua, triplaantua French: tripler (fr) German: sich verdreifachen (de) Greek: τριπλασιάζομαι (el) (triplasiázomai) Italian: triplicare (it) Portuguese: triplicar (pt) Russian: утра́иваться (ru) impf (utráivatʹsja), утро́иться (ru) pf (utróitʹsja) Spanish: triplicar (es)

See also

• treble

 

Number	1	2	3	4	5
Modifier	single	double / twofold	triple / threefold	quadruple / fourfold	quintuple / pentuple / fivefold
Whole	loner / singleton / monad	pair / couple / twosome / dyad	trio / threesome / triad / troika	foursome / tetrad	fivesome
Part	only one / singlet	twin / one of two / doublet	triplet / one of three	quadruplet / one of four	quintuplet / pentuplet / one of five
Number	6	7	8	9	10
Modifier	sextuple / hextuple / sixfold	septuple / heptuple / sevenfold	octuple / eightfold	ninefold / nonuple	tenfold / decuple
Whole	sixsome	sevensome	eightsome	ninesome	tensome / decad
Part	sextuplet / hextuplet / one of six	one of seven / septuplet / heptuplet	octuplet / one of eight	one of nine / nonuplet	one of ten / decuplet
Number	11	12	13	100	many
Modifier	elevenfold / undecuple / hendecuple	twelvefold / duodecuple	thirteenfold / tredecuple	a hundredfold / centuple	multiple
Whole	elevensome	twelvesome	thirteensome	hundredsome
Part	one of eleven / undecuplet / hendecuplet	one of twelve / duodecuplet	one of thirteen / tredecuplet	one of a hundred / centuplet	one of many / multiplet

Anagrams

• Pirtle, Tipler, let rip, prelit, tripel

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin triplus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾi.plə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾi.ple/

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.

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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): /tʁipl/

Adjective

French numbers ^(edit)

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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)

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

   une triple croche ― a thirty-second note

Derived terms

• point triple
• triple buse

triton rugueuxtroglodyte mignontronche de caketu peux causerténébrion meunier

• 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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

triple

1. feminine plural of triplo

Anagrams

• peltri, pletri

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Latin

Numeral

triple

1. vocative masculine singular of triplus

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

triple

1. definite singular of trippel
2. plural of trippel

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

triple

1. definite singular of trippel
2. plural of trippel

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Spanish

Spanish numbers ^(edit)

←  2	3	4  →
Cardinal: tres     Ordinal: tercero     Apocopated ordinal: tercer     Ordinal abbreviation: 3.º     Multiplier: triple     Fractional: tercio
Spanish Wikipedia article on 3

Etymology

From Latin triplus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾiple/ [ˈt̪ɾi.ple]

• Audio (Colombia)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iple
• Syllabification: tri‧ple

Adjective

triple (plural triples)

1. triple
2. threefold
3. three-way

   un triple empate ― a three-way tie

Derived terms

• salto triple
• triple diosa
• triple salto
• triplemente

Noun

triple m (plural triples)

1. (quantity) triple (three times as much)
2. (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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• reptil, pretil