triplet

triplet

English

Etymology

PIE word
*tréyes

From triple +‎ -et, q.v.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪplət/

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English numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b], [c] ←  2	3	4  →
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

Noun

triplet (plural triplets)

1. A set of three, particularly

   Coordinate terms: singlet, couplet, quadruplet, tetraplet, quintuplet, pentuplet, sextuplet, septuplet, octuplet, nonuplet, decuplet, centuplet, multiplet

   1. (music) A group of three notes played or written where two notes would ordinarily be; a form of tuplet.
   2. (physics) A triquark.
   3. (physics) A quantum state with three allowed projections for the spin.
   4. A constructed gem consisting of a thin slice of natural opal sandwiched between a clear glass or quartz top and a synthetic or stone backing that enhances the colour of the opal.
2. One of a group of three, particularly
   1. One of a group of three siblings born at the same time to the same mother.

Synonyms

• (group of three): See Thesaurus:trio
• (one of a group of three siblings born at the same time): threeling

Translations

group of three

Bulgarian: тро́йка (bg) f (trójka), три́плет m (tríplet) Dutch: trio (nl) Esperanto: triopo (eo) Finnish: kolmikko (fi) French: triplet (fr) German: Trio (de) n, Tripel (de) n, Triplett n Hebrew: שְׁלִישִׁיָּה‎ (he) f (shlishiyá) Italian: tripletta (it) Japanese: 三つ組 (みつぐみ, mitsu-gumi) Maori: tokotoru Norwegian: trio m Portuguese: trio (pt) m, trinca (pt) f, terceto (pt) m, tríade (pt) f Romanian: trio (ro) n Russian: тро́йка (ru) f (trójka), трипле́т (ru) m (triplét), тро́йня (ru) f (trójnja) (siblings), три́о (ru) n (trío) Spanish: trío (es) m, tríada f, triplete m Swedish: trio (sv) c

one of a group of three

Esperanto: triopano Finnish: yksi kolmesta, kolmikon jäsen French: l'un des trois Norwegian: en av tre Spanish: uno del trío

one of three siblings born at the same time of the same mother

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: please add this translation if you can Basque: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: (един от) три близнака ((edin ot) tri bliznaka) Catalan: trigemin m, trigèmina f Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Dutch: drieling (nl) m Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kolmonen (fi) French: triplé (fr) Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Drilling (de) m Greek: τρίδυμος (el) (trídymos) (adjective) Hebrew: תאום‎ (he) m (teóm), תאום שלישייה‎ m (teóm shlishiyá) Hungarian: hármasiker Hunsrik: Drilling m Icelandic: þríburi m Japanese: 三つ子 (ja) (mitsugo) Khmer: កូនភ្លោះបី (kounphlŭəhbəy) Korean: 세쌍둥이 (sessangdung'i) Latin: trigeminus m, trigemina f Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Maori: māhanga toru Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: trilling m Plautdietsch: Drillinkj m Polish: trojaczek Portuguese: trigémeo m, trigêmeo m Romanian: triplet (ro) m Russian: тройня́шка (ru) m or f (trojnjáška), близне́ц (ru) m (bliznéc) Spanish: trillizo (es) m, triate (es) m Swedish: trilling (sv) c Tagalog: tatlong magkakambal Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: üçüz (tr) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can Welsh: tripled Yoruba: ìbẹ́ta

(music): group of three notes played in place of two

Czech: triola (cs) f Dutch: triool (nl) m or f Finnish: trioli (fi) French: triolet (fr) m German: Triole (de) f Greek: τρίηχο (el) n (tríicho) Icelandic: tríóla f Norwegian: triol m Russian: трио́ль (ru) f (triólʹ) Spanish: tresillo (es) m Swedish: triol (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

Spanish: (please verify) terceto (es) m

See also

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

• pretilt

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French

Etymology

triple +‎ -et

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.plɛ/

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Noun

triplet m (plural triplets)

1. (mathematics, biology, architecture) triplet, group of three things

Further reading

• “triplet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French triplet.

Noun

triplet m (plural tripleți)

1. triplet (each one of the three beings resulting from the same pregnancy)

Declension

Declension of triplet

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) triplet	tripletul	(niște) tripleți	tripleții
genitive/dative	(unui) triplet	tripletului	(unor) tripleți	tripleților
vocative	tripletule		tripleților

Noun

triplet n (plural tripleturi)

1. triplet (set of three)

Declension

Declension of triplet

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) triplet	tripletul	(niște) tripleturi	tripleturile
genitive/dative	(unui) triplet	tripletului	(unor) tripleturi	tripleturilor
vocative	tripletule		tripleturilor

Noun

triplet n (plural triplete)

1. triplet

Declension

Declension of triplet

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) triplet	tripletul	(niște) triplete	tripletele
genitive/dative	(unui) triplet	tripletului	(unor) triplete	tripletelor
vocative	tripletule		tripletelor