treble
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French treble, from Latin triplus.
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
treble (not comparable)
- Threefold, triple.
- Dryden
- A lofty tower, and strong on every side / With treble walls.
- Dryden
- (music) Pertaining to the highest singing voice or part in harmonized music; soprano.
- High in pitch; shrill.
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Adverb [edit]
treble (not comparable)
- Trebly; triply.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of J. Fletcher to this entry?)
Noun [edit]
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.
Translations [edit]
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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Verb [edit]
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 become multiplied by three or increased threefold.
- (intransitive) To make a shrill or high-pitched noise.
- (transitive) To utter in a treble key; to whine.
- Chapman
- He outrageously / (When I accused him) trebled his reply.
- Chapman
Translations [edit]
to multiply by three
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