triple
Систем
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Cardinal: three Ordinal: third Adverbial: thrice Multiplier: triple, threefold Distributive: triply |
Etymology
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From Средњи Енглески triple (also þripell), from Латински triplus. Дублети of treble.
Pronunciation
Adjective
triple (not comparable)
- Made up of three related elements, often matching
- The triple markings on this vase are quite unique.
- Of three times the quantity; treble.
- Give me a triple serving of mashed potatoes.
- Designed for three users.
- a triple room
- Folded in three; composed of three layers.
- Having three aspects.
- a triple meaning
- (music) Of time, three times as fast as very fast.
- (obsolete) One of three; third.
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
- scalar triple product
- triple A
- triple acrostic
- triple agent
- triple A syndrome
- triple bar
- triple barrel
- triple-barrelled
- triple bill
- triple-blind
- triple bluff
- triple bogey
- triple bond
- triple burner
- triple century
- triple check
- triple-click
- triple combination
- triple contrabass viol
- triple crown
- triple-decker
- tripledemic
- triple dog dare
- triple-double
- triple double
- triple down
- triple-E
- triple energizer
- triple-entendre
- triple entendre
- triple fault
- triple feature
- triple-full
- triple goddess
- triple harp
- triple-hat
- triple-headed
- triple-header
- triple jump
- triple-jumper
- triple jumper
- triple lock
- triple-lock
- triple malt
- triple-masted
- triple negative breast cancer
- triple-negative breast cancer
- triple nelson
- triple nine
- triple O
- triple oppression
- triple option
- triple parentheses
- triple play
- triple point
- triple reassortant
- triple science
- triple sec
- triple seven
- triple SIM
- triple-SIM
- triple single
- triple star
- triple star system
- triple stop
- triple-tail
- triple-team
- triple test
- triple threat
- triple-threater
- triple threater
- triple time
- triple-triple
- triple triple
- triple valve
- triple warmer
- triple whammy
- triple witching
- triple witching hour
- triple X
- triple X syndrome
Related terms
Translations
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Noun
triple (plural triples)
- Three times or thrice the number, amount, size, etc..
- (informal) A drink with three portions of alcohol.
- I've had a hard day; make that a triple.
- (US) A hamburger with three patties.
- I'd like a triple with cheese.
- (baseball) A three-base hit.
- The shortstop hit a triple to lead off the ninth.
- (basketball) A three-point field goal.
- (curling) A takeout shot in which three stones are removed from play.
- (mathematics, computing) A sequence of three elements or 3-tuple.
Hyponyms
- (computing): Hoare triple
Derived terms
Translations
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Verb
triple (third-person singular simple present triples, present participle tripling, simple past and past participle tripled)
- To multiply by three.
- The company tripled their earnings per share over last quarter.
- (baseball) To get a three-base hit.
- The batter tripled into the gap.
- To become three times as large.
- Our earnings have tripled in the last year.
- To serve or operate as (something), in addition to two other functions.
- 1982 January, Popular Mechanics, Best tools for your electronics workbench, volume 157, number 1, page 106:
- 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.
Derived terms
Translations
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See also
Coefficient | Noun | Result |
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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
Etymology
Позајмљено од Латински triplus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
triple m or f (masculine and feminine plural triples)
Noun
triple m (plural triples)
Further reading
French
Etymology
Semi-learned term resulting from a modification, under the influence of the Latin etymology, of Стари Француски treble, itself from Латински triplus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
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Cardinal: trois Ordinal: troisième Multiplier: triple Fractional: tiers |
triple
- triple
- (music) thirty-second note
- une triple croche ― a thirty-second note
Derived terms
triton rugueux troglodyte mignon tronche de cake tu peux causer ténébrion meunier
Noun
triple m (plural triples)
Verb
triple
- inflection of tripler:
Further reading
- “triple”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
Adjective
triple
Anagrams
Latin
Numeral
triple
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
triple
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
triple
Spanish
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Cardinal: tres Ordinal: tercero Multiplier: triple Fractional: tercio |
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
triple m or f (masculine and feminine plural triples)
Derived terms
Noun
triple m (plural triples)
- (quantity) triple Галицијски
- (basketball) three-pointer Галицијски
Further reading
- “triple” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.