triplet

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

triplet (plural triplets)

1. A group of three.
2. One of a group of three.
3. One of a group of three siblings born at the same time to the same mother.
4. (music) A group of three notes played or written where two notes would ordinarily be; a form of tuplet.
5. (physics) A triquark.
6. (physics) A quantum state with three allowed projections for the spin.

Synonyms

• (group of three): threesome, triad; see also Thesaurus:trio
• (one of a group of three siblings born at the same time): threeling

Translations

group of three

• Dutch: trio (nl)
• Esperanto: triopo (eo)
• Finnish: kolmikko (fi)
• French: triplet (fr)
• German: Trio (de) n, Tripel (de) n, Triplett n
• Hebrew: שְׁלִישִׁיָּה (he) f (shlishiyá)
• Italian: tripletta (it)
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• Japanese: 三つ組 (みつぐみ, mitsu-gumi)
• Maori: tokotoru
• Norwegian: trio m
• Portuguese: trio (pt) m, trinca (pt) f, terceto (pt) m, tríade (pt) f
• Russian: тро́йка (ru) f (trójka), трипле́т (ru) m (triplét), тро́йня (ru) f (trójnja) (siblings), три́о (ru) n (trío)
• Spanish: trío (es) m, tríada f, triplete m
• Swedish: trio (sv) c

one of a group of three

• Esperanto: triopano
• Finnish: yksi kolmesta, kolmikon jäsen
• French: l'un des trois
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• Norwegian: en av tre
• Spanish: uno del trío

one of three siblings born at the same time of the same mother

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• Dutch: drieling (nl) m
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kolmonen (fi)
• French: triplé (fr)
• German: Drilling (de) m
• Greek: τρίδυμος (el) (trídymos) (adjective)
• Hungarian: hármasiker
• Hunsrik: Drilling m
• Icelandic: þríburi m
• Japanese: 三つ子 (ja) (mitsugo)
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• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: trigeminus m, trigemina f
• Maori: māhanga toru
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: trilling m
• Polish: trojaczek
• Portuguese: trigémeo m, trigêmeo m
• Russian: тройня́шка (ru) m or f (trojnjáška), близне́ц (ru) m (bliznéc)
• Spanish: trillizo (es) m, triate (es) m
• Swedish: trilling (sv) c
• Tagalog: tatlong magkakambal
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: üçüz (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

(music): group of three notes played in place of two

• Czech: triola (cs) f
• Dutch: triool (nl) m or f
• Finnish: trioli (fi)
• French: triolet (fr) m
• German: Triole (de) f
• Greek: τρίηχο (el) n (tríicho)
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• Icelandic: tríóla f
• Norwegian: triol m
• Russian: трио́ль (ru) f (triólʹ)
• Spanish: tresillo m
• Swedish: triol (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} terceto (es) m
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See also

• threesome
• trio
• triptych
• twin

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

• pretilt

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French

Etymology

triple +‎ -et

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.plɛ/

Noun

triplet m (plural triplets)

1. (mathematics, biology, architecture) triplet, group of three things

Further reading

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