triplicate

Early 15th century. From Latin triplicatus, form of triplicāre (“to triple”), from tri- (“three”) + plicāre (“to fold”).[1]

Surface form tri- (“three”) +‎ plicate (“fold”), analogous with duplicate.

• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪp.lɪ.kət/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪp.lɪ.keɪt/

triplicate (not comparable)

1. Made thrice as much; threefold; tripled.

• See Thesaurus:threefold

triplicate (plural triplicates)

1. Each of a set of three identical objects or copies.

triplicate (third-person singular simple present triplicates, present participle triplicating, simple past and past participle triplicated)

1. (transitive) To make three identical copies of something.
2. (transitive) To triple.

• sesquiplicate – one and a half times
• duplicate – two times

triplicate

1. second-person plural present indicative of triplicare
2. second-person plural imperative of triplicare
3. feminine plural of triplicato

trīplicāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of trīplicō