triple
English
/ˈtɹɪpəl/
adj
Definitions
- Made up of three related elements, often matching
- Of three times the quantity.
- Designed for three users.
- Folded in three; composed of three layers.
- Having three aspects.
- (music) Of time, three times as fast as very fast.
- (obsolete) One of three; third.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English triple derived from Latin triplus.
Origin
Latin
triplus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- eigentriple English
- fin English
- header English
- store English
- subtriple English
- tail English
- triplefin English
- tripleheader English
- tripleness English
- tripler English
- triplestore English
- tripletail English
- tripleton English
- triply English
- triplus Latin
- triplo Italian
- triple Spanish, Castilian
- triplo Portuguese
- triple Middle English
- treble Old French
- triple Catalan, Valencian
- triplo Galician