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From triple +‎ -et, q.v.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪplət/, (rhythm counting) /ˈtɹɪ.pə.lɛt/

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triplet (plural triplets)

1. A set of three, particularly

   Coordinate terms: singlet, couplet, quadruplet, tetraplet, quintuplet, pentuplet, sextuplet, septuplet, octuplet, nonuplet, decuplet, centuplet, multiplet

   1. (music) A group of three notes played or written where two notes would ordinarily be; a form of tuplet.
   2. (physics) A triquark.
   3. (physics) A quantum state with three allowed projections for the spin.
   4. 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.
2. One of a group of three, particularly
   1. One of a group of three siblings born at the same time to the same mother.

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

• pretilt

From triple +‎ -et.

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.plɛ/

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triplet m (plural triplets)

1. (mathematics, biology, architecture) triplet, group of three things

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

Borrowed from French triplet.

triplet m (plural tripleți)

1. triplet (each one of the three beings resulting from the same pregnancy)

triplet n (plural tripleturi)

1. triplet (set of three)

triplet n (plural triplete)

1. triplet