triple

Middle English, from Latin triplus. Doublet of treble.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪpəl/, /ˈtɹɪpl/

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• Rhymes: -ɪpəl

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?)

• triple-barrelled

• duple
• treble

triple (plural triples)

1. Three times or thrice the number, amount, size, etc
2. (informal) A drink with three portions of alcohol.

   I've had a hard day; make that a triple.

3. (US) A hamburger with three patties.

   I'd like a triple with cheese.

4. (baseball) A three-base hit

   The shortstop hit a triple to lead off the ninth.

5. (basketball) A three-point field goal
6. (curling) A takeout shot in which three stones are removed from play.
7. (mathematics, computing) A sequence of three elements or 3-tuple.

• (computing): Hoare triple

• triplestore

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.

• treble
• triple jump
• triple sec
• triple goddess

• Pirtle, Tipler, let rip, prelit, tripel

triple (masculine and feminine plural triples)

1. triple

triple m (plural triples)

1. (sports) triple, treble, hat trick

Semi-learned term resulting from a modification, under the influence of the Latin etymology, of Old French treble, itself from Latin triplus.

• IPA^(key): /tʁipl/

triple m (plural triples)

1. triple
2. (baseball) triple

• triplement

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

• “triple” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

triple

1. Feminine plural form of triplo

• peltri

triple

1. vocative masculine singular of triplus

triple

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

triple

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾiple/, [ˈt̪ɾiple]

triple (plural triples)

1. triple