# triple
## English
### Etymology

* PIE word
* *tréyes
From Middle English triple (also þripell), from Latin triplus. Doublet of treble.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, General Australian) IPA: /ˈtɹɪpəl/, [ˈtɹɪp.l̩]
** Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪpəl

### 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.
** c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:the third payes for all: the triples sir , is a good tripping measure

#### 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 A
* triple acrostic
* triple agent
* triple-alpha process
* 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-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-stranded
* 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

* duple
* treble

#### Translations
### 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

* Pythagorean triple
* triplestore

#### Translations
### 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

* triplet

#### Translations
### See also

* treble
| 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

* Pirtle, Tipler, let rip, prelit, tripel

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin triplus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɾi.plə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈtɾi.ple]

### Adjective

triple m or f (masculine and feminine plural triples)
* triple

### Noun

triple m (plural triples)
* (sports) triple, treble, hat trick

### Further reading

* “triple” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## 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: /tʁipl/

### Adjective

triple (plural triples)
* triple
* (music) thirty-second note
    une triple croche ― a thirty-second note

#### Derived terms

* point triple
* triple buse
triton rugueux troglodyte mignon tronche de cake tu peux causer ténébrion meunier
* triple croche
* triple jeu
* triple saut
* triplement

### Noun

triple m (plural triples)
* (baseball) triple

### Verb

triple
* inflection of tripler:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

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

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtri.ple/
* Rhymes: -iple
* Hyphenation: trì‧ple

### Adjective

triple
* feminine plural of triplo

### Anagrams

* peltri, pletri

## Latin
### Numeral

triple
* vocative masculine singular of triplus

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Adjective

triple
* definite singular of trippel
* plural of trippel

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Adjective

triple
* definite singular of trippel
* plural of trippel

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin triplus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɾiple/ [ˈt̪ɾi.ple]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -iple
* Syllabification: tri‧ple

### Adjective

triple m or f (masculine and feminine plural triples)
* triple
* threefold
* three-way
    un triple empate ― a three-way tie

#### Derived terms

* salto triple
* triple diosa
* triple salto
* triplemente

### Noun

triple m (plural triples)
* (quantity) triple (three times as much)
* (basketball) three-pointer (A three-point shot; a basket made from beyond the three-point line)

### Further reading

* “triple”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* reptil, pretil