triple

See also: triplé

English

English numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: three     Ordinal: third     Latinate ordinal: tertiary     Reverse order ordinal: third to last, third from last, last but two     Latinate reverse order ordinal: antepenultimate     Adverbial: three times, thrice     Multiplier: threefold     Latinate multiplier: triple     Distributive: triply     Group collective: trio, threesome     Multipart 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

Etymology

From Middle English triple (also þripell), from Latin triplus. Doublet of treble.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪpəl/, /ˈtɹɪpl/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪpəl

Adjective

triple (not comparable)

1. Made up of three related elements, often matching

   The triple markings on this vase are quite unique.

2. Of three times the quantity.

   Give me a triple serving of mashed potatoes.

3. Designed for three users.

   a triple room

4. Folded in three; composed of three layers.
5. Having three aspects.

   a triple meaning

6. (music) Of time, three times as fast as very fast.
7. (obsolete) One of three; third.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

Synonyms

• (made up of three related elements): tern, treble; see also Thesaurus:triple
• (three times the quantity): threefold, thrissome; see also Thesaurus:threefold

Derived terms

• triple-barrelled

Related terms

• duple
• treble

Translations

made up of three related elements

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: triple (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 三重 (zh) (sānchóng)

• Danish: tredobbelt
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kolmois- (fi)
• French: triple (fr)
• Galician: triplo
• Georgian: სამმაგი (sammagi)
• German: dreifach (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: τριπλοῦς (triploûs)

• Irish: triarach
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• Italian: triplo (it)
• Japanese: 三重 (みえ mie, さんじゅう sanjū)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: trippel

  Nynorsk: trippel

• Portuguese: triplo (pt) m
• Russian: тройно́й (ru) (trojnój)
• Spanish: triple (es)
• Swedish: trippel-
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: triphlyg

three times the quantity

• Catalan: triple (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 三倍 (zh) (sānbèi)

• Czech: trojitý
• Dutch: drievoudig (nl), driedubbel (nl)
• Finnish: kolminkertainen (fi)
• French: triple (fr)
• Galician: triplo
• Georgian: სამმაგი (sammagi)
• Irish: triarach
• Italian: triplo (it) m
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• Japanese: 三倍 (さんばい sambai), 三重 (みえ mie, さんじゅう sanjū)
• Latin: triplus, triplex
• Malay: tiga ganda
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: trippel

  Nynorsk: trippel

• Portuguese: triplo (pt) m
• Russian: тройно́й (ru) (trojnój), троекра́тный (ru) (trojekrátnyj), утро́енный (ru) (utrójennyj)
• Spanish: triple (es)
• Welsh: triphlyg, tri (cy) m, tair (cy) f

designed for three users

• Finnish: kolmelle
• French: ^{(please verify)} triple (fr), ^{(please verify)} pour trois
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• Russian: трёхме́стный (ru) (trjoxméstnyj)

composed of three layers

• Catalan: ternari
• Finnish: kolmitasoinen
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• Japanese: 三層の (さんそうの, sansō no)
• Russian: трёхсло́йный (ru) (trjoxslójnyj), тройно́й (ru) (trojnój)

having three aspects

• Finnish: kolmois- (fi)
• French: triple (fr)
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• Russian: тройно́й (ru) (trojnój)

(music) three times as fast

• Catalan: ternari
• Finnish: tripla (fi)
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• French: triple (fr)

Noun

triple (plural triples)

1. Three times or thrice the number, amount, size, etc
2. (informal) A drink with three portions of alcohol.

   I've had a hard day; make that a triple.

3. (US) A hamburger with three patties.

   I'd like a triple with cheese.

4. (baseball) A three-base hit

   The shortstop hit a triple to lead off the ninth.

5. (basketball) A three-point field goal
6. (curling) A takeout shot in which three stones are removed from play.
7. (mathematics, computing) A sequence of three elements or 3-tuple.

Hyponyms

• (computing): Hoare triple

Derived terms

• triplestore

Translations

Three times or triple the number, amount, size, etc

• Maori: reatoru
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

a drink with three portions of alcohol

• Finnish: tripla (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: triple (fr) m

(US) a hamburger with three patties

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

(baseball) a three-base hit

• Catalan: batada triple (ca) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: triple (fr) m

(curling) a takeout shot

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

sequence of three elements

• Catalan: terna
• Czech: trojice (cs) f
• Finnish: kolmikko (fi), tripla (fi)
• French: triple (fr) m
• Italian: triplo (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 三重 (さんじゅう, sanjū)
• Portuguese: tripla f
• Romanian: triplu (ro) m or n
• Spanish: triple (es) m

Verb

1. To multiply by three

   The company tripled their earnings per share over last quarter.

2. (baseball) To get a three-base hit

   The batter tripled into the gap.

3. To become three times as large

   Our earnings have tripled in the last year.

4. To serve or operate as (something), in addition to two other functions.
   • 1982, Popular Mechanics, Best tools for your electronics workbench (volume 157, number 1, page 106, January 1982)

     Radio Shack's All-Purpose Crimper/Cutter ($9.95) doubles as a wire stripper and triples as a bolt cutter.

   • 2011, Mel LeCompte, The Tee Cotton Bowl:

     Examination rooms contain shelves overstuffed with football helmets, autographed equipment and even rugby gear. If the office doubles as a mini-museum, it also triples as a minichapel.

Translations

to multiply by three

• Armenian: եռապատկել (hy) (eṙapatkel)
• Catalan: triplicar (ca)
• Czech: ztrojnásobit (cs)
• Danish: tredoble
• Dutch: verdrievoudigen (nl)
• Esperanto: triobligi
• Finnish: kolminkertaistaa, triplata
• French: tripler (fr)
• Galician: triplicar (gl)
• German: verdreifachen (de)
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• Greek: τριπλασιάζω (el) (triplasiázo)
• Italian: triplicare (it)
• Japanese: 三倍する (sanbai suru)
• Maori: whakareatoru
• Norwegian: tredoble
• Portuguese: triplicar (pt)
• Russian: утра́ивать (ru) impf (utráivatʹ), утро́ить (ru) pf (utróitʹ)
• Spanish: triplicar (es)

(baseball) to get a three-base hit

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to become three times as large

• Catalan: triplicar (ca)
• Esperanto: triobliĝi
• Finnish: kolminkertaistua, triplaantua
• French: tripler (fr)
• German: sich verdreifachen (de)
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• Greek: τριπλασιάζομαι (el) (triplasiázomai)
• Italian: triplicare (it)
• Portuguese: triplicar (pt)
• Russian: утра́иваться (ru) impf (utráivatʹsja), утро́иться (ru) pf (utróitʹsja)
• Spanish: triplicar (es)

See also

• treble
• triple jump
• triple sec
• triple goddess

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

• Pirtle, Tipler, let rip, prelit, tripel

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Catalan

Adjective

triple m or f (masculine and feminine plural triples)

1. triple

Noun

triple m (plural triples)

1. (sports) triple, treble, hat trick

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French

Etymology

Semi-learned term resulting from a modification, under the influence of the Latin etymology, of Old French treble, itself from Latin triplus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁipl/

Adjective

French numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: trois     Ordinal: troisième     Ordinal abbreviation: 3e, (nonstandard) 3ème     Multiplier: triple     Fractional: tiers
French Wikipedia article on 3

triple (plural triples)

1. triple
2. (music) thirty-second note

   une triple croche ― a thirty-second note

Derived terms

• triplement

Noun

triple m (plural triples)

1. (baseball) triple

Verb

triple

1. inflection of tripler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

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Italian

Adjective

triple

1. feminine plural of triplo

Anagrams

• peltri

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Latin

Numeral

1. vocative masculine singular of triplus

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

triple

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of trippel
2. plural of trippel

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

triple

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of trippel
2. plural of trippel

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Spanish

Spanish numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: tres     Ordinal: tercero     Apocopated ordinal: tercer     Ordinal abbreviation: 3.º     Multiplier: triple     Fractional: tercio
Spanish Wikipedia article on 3

Etymology

From Latin triplus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾiple/ [ˈt̪ɾi.ple]

Adjective

triple m or f (masculine and feminine plural triples)

1. triple