triplicate

English

Etymology

Early 15th century. From Latin triplicatus, form of triplicāre (“to triple”), from tri- (“three”) + plicāre (“to fold”).

Surface form tri- (“three”) +‎ plicate (“fold”), analogous with duplicate.

Pronunciation

• (adjective and noun) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪp.lɪ.kət/

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• (verb) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪp.lɪ.keɪt/

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Adjective

triplicate (not comparable)

1. Made thrice as much; threefold; tripled.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:threefold

Noun

triplicate (countable and uncountable, plural triplicates)

1. (uncountable) The making of three identical copies of something.
   • 2020 July 20, Simon Jenkins, “Britain deserves better than an Old Etonian Donald Trump”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     The prime minister is a determined centralist in thrall to a tactless and obsessive aide, Cummings, whose skill seems limited to writing slogans in triplicate.

2. (countable) Each of a set of three identical objects or copies. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

each of a set of three identical objects

• Esperanto: triplikato
• Irish: triarach m
• Polish: trzecia kopia f, tryplikat (pl) m

Verb

triplicate (third-person singular simple present triplicates, present participle triplicating, simple past and past participle triplicated)

1. (transitive) To make three identical copies of something.
2. (transitive) To triple.

Coordinate terms

• sesquiplicate – one and a half times
• duplicate – two times

Translations

to make three copies

• Polish: wykonać w trzech egzemplarzach

to triple

• Maori: whakareatoru
• Polish: potroić

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

triplicate

1. inflection of triplicare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

triplicate f pl

1. feminine plural of triplicato

Latin

Verb

triplicāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of triplicō

Spanish

Verb

triplicate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of triplicar combined with te