triple

See also: triplé

English

English numbers (edit)
30
[a], [b] ←  2 3 4  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: three
    Ordinal: third
    Adverbial: thrice
    Multiplier: triple, threefold

Etymology

Middle English, from Latin triplus. Doublet of treble.

Pronunciation

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?)

Translations

Noun

triple (plural triples)

  1. (informal) A drink with three portions of alcohol.
    I've had a hard day; make that a triple.
  2. (US) A hamburger with three patties.
    I'd like a triple with cheese.
  3. (baseball) A three-base hit
    The shortstop hit a triple to lead off the ninth.
  4. (basketball) A three-point field goal
  5. (curling) A takeout shot in which three stones are removed from play.
  6. (mathematics, computing) A sequence of three elements or 3-tuple.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

triple (third-person singular simple present triples, present participle tripling, simple past and past participle tripled)

  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

See also

Coefficient Noun Result
1 single singlet
2 double doublet
twin
3 triple triplet
4 quadruple quadruplet
5 quintuple
pentuple		 quintuplet
pentuplet
6 sextuple
hextuple		 sextuplet
hextuplet
7 septuple
heptuple		 septuplet
heptuplet
8 octuple octuplet
9 nonuple nonuplet
10 decuple decuplet
11 undecuple
hendecuple		 undecuplet
hendecuplet
12 duodecuple duodecuplet
13 tredecuple tredecuplet
100 centuple centuplet
many multiple multiplet

Anagrams

Catalan

Adjective

triple (masculine and feminine plural triples)

  1. triple

Noun

triple m (plural triples)

  1. (sports) triple, treble, hat trick

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/

Noun

triple m (plural triples)

  1. triple
  2. (baseball) triple

Derived terms

Verb

triple

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tripler
  2. third-person singular present indicative of tripler
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of tripler
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of tripler
  5. second-person singular imperative of tripler

Further reading

Italian

Adjective

triple

  1. Feminine plural form of triplo

Anagrams

Latin

Numeral

triple

  1. vocative masculine singular of triplus

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

triple

  1. definite singular of trippel
  2. plural form of trippel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

triple

  1. definite singular of trippel
  2. plural form of trippel

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾiple/, [ˈt̪ɾiple]

Adjective

triple (plural triples)

  1. triple
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