treble
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[edit] Etymology
From Old French treble, from Latin triplus.
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treble (not comparable)
- Threefold, triple.
- (music) Pertaining to the highest singing voice or part in harmonized music; soprano.
- High in pitch; shrill.
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[edit] Noun
treble (plural trebles)
- (music) The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition.
- (music) A person or instrument having a treble voice or pitch; a boy soprano.
- Any high-pitched or shrill voice or sound.
- A threefold quantity or number; something having three parts or having been tripled.
- (darts) Any of the narrow areas enclosed by the two central circles on a dartboard, worth three times the usual value of the segment.
- (sports) Three victories, awards etc.
[edit] Translations
The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition
Any high-pitched or shrill voice or sound
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[edit] Verb
treble (third-person singular simple present trebles, present participle trebling, simple past and past participle trebled)
- (transitive) To multiply by three; to make into three parts, layers, or thrice the amount.
- (intransitive) To make a shrill or high-pitched noise.
- (intransitive) To become multiplied by three or increased threefold.
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to multiply by three
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