triplicate
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Early 15th century. From Latin triplicatus, form of triplicāre (“to triple”), from tri- (“three”) + plicāre (“to fold”).[1]
Surface form tri- (“three”) + plicate (“fold”), analogous with duplicate.
[edit] Pronunciation 1
[edit] Noun
triplicate (plural triplicates)
[edit] Translations
each of a set of three identical objects
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[edit] Pronunciation 2
[edit] Verb
triplicate (third-person singular simple present triplicates, present participle triplicating, simple past and past participle triplicated)
- (transitive) To make three identical copies of something.
- (transitive) To triple.
[edit] Translations
to make three copies
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[edit] Coordinate terms
- sesquiplicate – one and a half times
- duplicate – two times
[edit] References
- ^ “triplicate” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
[edit] Italian
[edit] Verb
triplicate
- second-person plural present indicative of triplicare
- second-person plural imperative of triplicare
- Feminine plural of triplicato
[edit] Latin
[edit] Verb
trīplicāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of trīplicō
