# triplet
## English
### Etymology

* PIE word
* *tréyes
From triple +‎ -et, q.v.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɹɪplət/, (rhythm counting) /ˈtɹɪ.pə.lɛt/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

triplet (plural triplets)
* A set of three, particularly
    Coordinate terms: singlet, couplet, quadruplet, tetraplet, quintuplet, pentuplet, sextuplet, septuplet, octuplet, nonuplet, decuplet, centuplet, multiplet
** (music) A group of three notes played or written where two notes would ordinarily be; a form of tuplet.
** (physics) A triquark.
** (physics) A quantum state with three allowed projections for the spin.
** A constructed gem consisting of a thin slice of natural opal sandwiched between a clear glass or quartz top and a synthetic or stone backing that enhances the colour of the opal.
* One of a group of three, particularly
** One of a group of three siblings born at the same time to the same mother.

#### Synonyms

* (group of three): See Thesaurus:trio
* (one of a group of three siblings born at the same time): threeling

#### Derived terms

* Cooke triplet
* linear triplet
* prime triplet
* triplet oxygen

#### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

#### See also

| 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

## French
### Etymology

From triple +‎ -et.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʁi.plɛ/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Canada):(file)

### Noun

triplet m (plural triplets)
* (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.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French triplet.

### Noun

triplet m (plural tripleți)
* triplet (each one of the three beings resulting from the same pregnancy)

#### Declension
### Noun

triplet n (plural tripleturi)
* triplet (set of three)

#### Declension
### Noun

triplet n (plural triplete)
* triplet