triple

See also: Triple and triplé

English

English numbers ^(edit)

←  2	3	4  →
Cardinal: three     Ordinal: third     Abbreviated ordinal: 3rd     Latinate ordinal: tertiary     Reverse order ordinal: third last, third to last, third from last, last but two     Latinate reverse order ordinal: antepenultimate     Adverbial: three times, thrice     Multiplier: threefold     Latinate multiplier: triple     Distributive: triply     Germanic collective: trio, threesome     Collective of n parts: triplet     Greek or Latinate collective: triad     Greek collective prefix: tri-     Latinate collective prefix: tri-     Fractional: third     Elemental: triplet     Greek prefix: trito-     Number of musicians: trio, triplet     Number of years: triennium     Quantile: tercile, tertile

Etymology

PIE word
*tréyes

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪp.əl/, [ˈtɹɪp.l̩]

  • Audio (US):

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• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪp.əl/, [ˈt̠͡ɹ̠̊ɪp.l̩]
• Rhymes: -ɪpəl

Adjective

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

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

• circumtriple
• scalar triple product
• subtriple
• t
• trifficult
• 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 brackets
• 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 equals
• triple fault
• triple feature
• triplefin
• triplefold
• 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
• triple nelson
• tripleness
• triple nine
• triple O
• triple oppression
• triple option
• triple parentheses
• triple play
• triple point
• triple reassortant
• triple science
• triple seat
• triple sec
• triple seven
• triple-SIM
• triple SIM
• triple single
• triple star
• triple star system
• triple stop
• triple-stranded
• triple T
• tripletail
• triple-tail
• triple-team
• triple test
• triplethink
• triple threat
• triple-threater
• triple threater
• triple time
• tripleton
• triple-triple
• triple triple
• triple valve
• triple warmer
• triple whammy
• triplewise
• triple witching
• triple witching hour
• triple X
• triple X syndrome

Related terms

• duple
• treble

Translations

made up of three related elements

Albanian: trefishtë (sq) Arabic: ثُلَاثِيّ (ṯulāṯiyy) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Basque: hirukoitz Belarusian: трайны́ (trajný), патро́йны (patrójny) Bulgarian: тро́ен (bg) (tróen) Catalan: triple (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 三重 (zh) (sānchóng) Czech: trojitý Danish: tredobbelt Esperanto: triobla (eo) Finnish: kolmois- (fi) French: triple (fr) Galician: triplo (gl) Georgian: სამმაგი (sammagi) German: dreifach (de) Greek: Ancient Greek: τριπλοῦς (triploûs) Hindi: त्रि (hi) (tri) Irish: triarach Italian: triplo (it) Japanese: 三重 (ja) (みえ mie, さんじゅう sanjū) Khmer: បីដង (beidɑɑng) Korean: 삼중(三重) (ko) (samjung) Macedonian: троен (troen) Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Bokmål: trippel Nynorsk: trippel Occitan: triple Polish: potrójny (pl) Portuguese: triplo (pt) Russian: тройно́й (ru) (trojnój) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: тро̑јнӣ Latin: trȏjnī (sh) Slovak: trojitý Slovene: trojen (sl) Spanish: triple (es), tresdoble (es), tríplice Swedish: trippel- Thai: สามเท่า Ukrainian: потрі́йний (potríjnyj), трої́стий (trojístyj), трійча́стий (trijčástyj) Vietnamese: ba lần Welsh: triphlyg

three times the quantity

Arabic: ثُلَاثِيّ (ṯulāṯiyy) Belarusian: патро́йны (patrójny), трохразо́вы (troxrazóvy), трохкра́тны (troxkrátny), трыкро́тны (trykrótny) Bulgarian: трикра́тен (bg) (trikráten) Catalan: triple (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 三倍 (zh) (sānbèi) Czech: trojitý Dutch: drievoudig (nl), driedubbel (nl) Finnish: kolminkertainen (fi) French: triple (fr) Galician: triplo (gl) Georgian: სამმაგი (sammagi) Hindi: तिगुना (hi) (tigunā), तिगना (hi) (tignā) Irish: triarach Italian: triplo (it) Japanese: 三倍 (ja) (さんばい sambai), 三重 (ja) (みえ mie, さんじゅう sanjū) Korean: 삼배(三倍) (ko) (sambae) Latin: triplus, triplex Macedonian: трикратен (trikraten) Malay: tiga ganda Norwegian: Bokmål: trippel Nynorsk: trippel Plautdietsch: dreefach Polish: potrójny (pl) Portuguese: triplo (pt) Russian: тройно́й (ru) (trojnój), троекра́тный (ru) (trojekrátnyj), утро́енный (ru) (utrójennyj), трёхкра́тный (ru) (trjoxkrátnyj) Slovak: trojitý Spanish: triple (es), triplo (es), tresdoble (es), tríplice Ukrainian: потрі́йний (potríjnyj), триразо́вий (tryrazóvyj), трикра́тний (trykrátnyj), троєкра́тний (trojekrátnyj) Welsh: triphlyg, tri (cy) m, tair (cy) f

designed for three users

Arabic: ثُلَاثِيّ (ṯulāṯiyy) Bulgarian: триме́стен (trimésten) Finnish: kolmelle French: (please verify) triple (fr), (please verify) pour trois Polish: trzyosobowy (pl) Russian: трёхме́стный (ru) (trjoxméstnyj)

composed of three layers

Arabic: ثُلَاثِيّ (ṯulāṯiyy) Bulgarian: трисло́ен (trislóen) Catalan: ternari Finnish: kolmitasoinen Japanese: 三層の (さんそうの, sansō no) Polish: potrójny (pl) Russian: трёхсло́йный (ru) (trjoxslójnyj), тройно́й (ru) (trojnój)

having three aspects

Finnish: kolmois- (fi) French: triple (fr) Polish: potrójny (pl) Russian: тройно́й (ru) (trojnój)

(music) three times as fast

Catalan: ternari Finnish: tripla (fi) French: triple (fr)

Noun

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. (cricket) Three runs.
4. (US) A hamburger with three patties.

   I'd like a triple with cheese.

5. (baseball) A three-base hit.

   The shortstop hit a triple to lead off the ninth.

6. (basketball) A three-point field goal.
7. (curling) A takeout shot in which three stones are removed from play.
8. (mathematics, computing) A sequence of three elements or 3-tuple.
9. (firefighting) Short for triple combination engine.

Hyponyms

• (computing): Hoare triple

Derived terms

• eigentriple
• Pythagorean triple
• triplestore

Translations

Three times or triple the number, amount, size, etc

Hindi: तिगुना (hi) (tigunā), तिगना (hi) (tignā) Māori: reatoru Polish: potrojenie n Spanish: trestanto (uncommon), triplo (es) m, triple (es) m, tresdoble (es) m

a drink with three portions of alcohol

Finnish: tripla (fi) French: triple (fr) m

(US) a hamburger with three patties

(baseball) a three-base hit

Catalan: batada triple (ca) f French: triple (fr) m Korean: 3루타 (samnuta)

(curling) a takeout shot

sequence of three elements

Catalan: terna (ca) Czech: trojice (cs) f Finnish: kolmikko (fi), tripla (fi) French: triple (fr) m Italian: triplo (it) m Japanese: 三重 (ja) (さんじゅう, sanjū) Portuguese: tripla f Romanian: triplu (ro) m or n Slovak: trojica f Spanish: triple (es) m

Verb

triple (third-person singular simple present triples, present participle tripling, simple past and past participle tripled)

1. To multiply by three.

   Synonym: treble

   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.

Derived terms

• triplet

Translations

to multiply by three

Armenian: եռապատկել (hy) (eṙapatkel) Bulgarian: утроявам (bg) (utrojavam) Catalan: triplicar (ca) Czech: ztrojnásobit (cs) Danish: tredoble Dutch: verdrievoudigen (nl) Esperanto: triobligi Finnish: kolminkertaistaa, triplata French: tripler (fr) Galician: triplicar (gl) Georgian: ასამმაგებს (asammagebs), გაასამმაგებს (gaasammagebs) German: verdreifachen (de) Greek: τριπλασιάζω (el) (triplasiázo) Hindi: तिगना (hi) (tignā), तिगुना (hi) (tigunā) Italian: triplicare (it) Japanese: 三倍する (sanbai suru) Māori: whakareatoru Norwegian: tredoble Polish: troić (pl) impf, potroić (pl) pf, potrajać impf Portuguese: triplicar (pt) Russian: утра́ивать (ru) impf (utráivatʹ), утро́ить (ru) pf (utróitʹ) Spanish: triplicar (es)

(baseball) to get a three-base hit

to become three times as large

Bulgarian: утроявам се (utrojavam se) Catalan: triplicar (ca) Esperanto: triobliĝi Finnish: kolminkertaistua, triplaantua French: tripler (fr) Georgian: სამმაგდება (sammagdeba), გასამმაგდება (gasammagdeba) German: sich verdreifachen (de) Greek: τριπλασιάζομαι (el) (triplasiázomai) Italian: triplicare (it) Portuguese: triplicar (pt) Russian: утра́иваться (ru) impf (utráivatʹsja), утро́иться (ru) pf (utróitʹsja) Spanish: triplicar (es)

See also

• treble

Number	1	2	3	4	5
Modifier	single / solo	double / twofold	triple / threefold	quadruple / fourfold	quintuple / pentuple / fivefold
Whole	loner / singleton / monad	pair / couple / twosome / duo / dyad	trio / threesome / triad / troika	foursome / quartet / tetrad	fivesome / quintet / pentad
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 / sextet / hexad	sevensome / septet / heptad	eightsome / octet / octad	ninesome / nonet / ennead	tensome / decet / 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^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈtɾi.plə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈtɾi.ple]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

triple m or f (masculine and feminine plural triples)

1. triple

Noun

triple m (plural triples)

1. (sports) triple, treble, hat trick

Further reading

• “triple”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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^(key): /tʁipl/

Adjective

French numbers ^(edit)

←  2	3	4  →
Cardinal: trois     Ordinal: troisième     Ordinal abbreviation: 3e, (nonstandard) 3ème     Multiplier: triple     Fractional: tiers
French Wikipedia article on 3

triple (plural triples)

1. triple
2. (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)

1. (baseball) triple

Verb

triple

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

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

triple

1. feminine plural of triplo

Anagrams

• peltri, pletri

Latin

Numeral

triple

1. vocative masculine singular of triplus

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

triple

1. definite singular of trippel
2. plural of trippel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

triple

1. definite singular of trippel
2. plural of trippel

Spanish

Spanish numbers ^(edit)

←  2	3	4  →
Cardinal: tres     Ordinal: tercero     Apocopated ordinal: tercer     Ordinal abbreviation: 3.º     Multiplier: triple     Fractional: tercio
Spanish Wikipedia article on 3

Etymology

From Latin triplus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾiple/ [ˈt̪ɾi.ple]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -iple
• Syllabification: tri‧ple

Adjective

triple m or f (masculine and feminine plural triples)

1. triple
2. threefold
3. three-way

   un triple empate ― a three-way tie

Derived terms

• salto triple
• triple diosa
• triple salto
• triplemente

Noun

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)

Further reading

• “triple”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• reptil, pretil