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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪpəl/, /ˈtɹɪp.l̩/

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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; treble.

   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.
   • 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

• (made up of three related elements): tern, treble; see also Thesaurus:triple
• (three times the quantity): threefold, thrissome; see also Thesaurus:threefold

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

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 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.

• Pirtle, Tipler, let rip, prelit, tripel

Borrowed from Latin triplus.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɾi.plə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtɾi.ple]

triple m or f (masculine and feminine plural triples)

1. triple

triple m (plural triples)

1. (sports) triple, treble, hat trick

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

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 (plural triples)

1. triple
2. (music) thirty-second note

   une triple croche ― a thirty-second note

• point triple
• triple buse

triton rugueux troglodyte mignon tronche de cake tu peux causer ténébrion meunier

• triple croche
• triple jeu
• triple saut
• triplement

triple m (plural triples)

1. (baseball) triple

triple

1. inflection of tripler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtri.ple/
• Rhymes: -iple
• Hyphenation: trì‧ple

triple

1. feminine plural of triplo

• peltri, pletri

triple

1. vocative masculine singular of triplus

triple

1. definite singular of trippel
2. plural of trippel

triple

1. definite singular of trippel
2. plural of trippel

From Latin triplus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾiple/ [ˈt̪ɾi.ple]

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• Rhymes: -iple
• Syllabification: tri‧ple

triple m or f (masculine and feminine plural triples)

1. triple
2. threefold
3. three-way

   un triple empate ― a three-way tie

triple m (plural triples)

1. (quantity) triple (three times as much)
2. (basketball) three-pointer (A three-point shot; a basket made from beyond the three-point line)

• “triple”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

• reptil, pretil