doblete

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish doble

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Late Latin -ittus

Old French -et

Middle French -et

French -etbor.

Spanish -ete

Spanish doblete

From doble + -ete.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doˈblete/ [d̪oˈβ̞le.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: do‧ble‧te

Noun

doblete m (plural dobletes)

1. doublet
2. (physics) dipole
3. cognate

   Synonym: cognado

4. (baseball) double
5. (chess) fork

Derived terms

• dobletear

Further reading

• “doblete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025