treble

1. Triple: "treble reason for loving as well as working while it is day" (George Eliot).
2. Music. Relating to or having the highest part, voice, or range.
3. High-pitched; shrill.

1. Music.
   1. The highest part, voice, instrument, or range.
   2. A singer or player that performs this part.
2. A high, shrill sound or voice.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin triplum, from Latin, neuter of triplus, triple. See triple.]

adjective

Elevated in pitch: high, high-pitched, piercing, piping, shrieky, shrill, shrilly. Music acute. See high/low, sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

A high voice, especially of a boy or girl. From the Latin triplus, it referred in the 14th and 15th centuries to the top voice of a three-part composition or the second highest part in a four-part one. It is also used to qualify other terms, such as clef (the ‘treble clef’ is the G clef), recorder or viol.

The highest voice, instrument, or part.

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Treble, a doublet of "triple" or "threefold" (from Latin triplus, "triple"; cf. "double" from duplus), is used in several contexts:

Music:

• As a term applied in music to the high or acute part of the musical system; see clef.
  • A treble-cut filter, or low-pass filter, attenuates high frequencies while passing low frequencies.
  • Treble response, the high frequency portion of an audio system's frequency response.
• The highest singing voice (properly applicable to a boy) or part in musical composition. See Boy soprano
• Treble Charger, a Canadian rock group.
• Treble in Trouble, a record by the band Ted Leo and the Pharmacists.
• Treble (girl group), a 3 piece girl group from the Netherlands.
• Treble is the name given in Change ringing to the bell with the highest pitch.
• The bow-hand fiddle ornament which splits a single note into a triplet typically comprising three notes of the same pitch is called "trebling" by Irish traditional musicians.

Other:

• Treble (association football) in association football describes the achievement of winning three top tier trophies in one season
• Treble is also the name of a character in the Mega Man video game series; see also Bass (Mega Man).
• A treble-bar, a type of moth.
• Treble Cone, a mountain and ski resort in New Zealand.
• Treble jig, an Irish dance.
• Treble damages, a legal term indicating triple damages as a penalty.

• Treble, type of bet covering three selections.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
adj. - tredobbelt
pred. - tredobbelt, tre gange så
n. - tripel, det at vinde både mesterskab og to pokalturneringer i samme sæson
pron. - tre gange så
v. tr. - tredoble
v. intr. - blive tredoblet

2.
n. - diskant, (drenge)sopran, høj, skingrende

idioms:

• treble clef    (Mus.) diskantnøgle

Nederlands (Dutch)
verdriedubbelen, driemaal, sopraanzangertje

Français (French)
1.
adj. - triple
pred. - trois fois plus
n. - (Sport) triple victoire (au cours de la saison), trois fois la quantité, triple
pron. - trois fois plus (grand, nombreux)
v. tr. - tripler, devenir trois fois plus grand
v. intr. - tripler, devenir trois fois plus grand

2.
n. - soprano (d'un garçon avant la mue)

idioms:

• treble clef    (Mus) clef de sol

Deutsch (German)
1.
adj. - dreifach
pred. - dreiteilig
n. - das Dreifache, (Darts) dreifach zählender Treffer, Sopranist, Sopranstimme, Dreifachwette, drei Siege od. Titel in einer Saison
pron. - drei
v. - (sich) verdreifachen

2.
n. - Sopranist, Sopranstimme

idioms:

• treble clef    (mus.) Violinschlüssel

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - τριπλός, τριπλάσιος, υψίτονος, υψίηχος, (μουσ.) πρίμο(ς)
n. - τριπλό, τριπλάσιο, (μουσ.) πρίμος, σοπράνο, (καθομ.) τριπλό αγκίστρι
v. - τριπλασιάζω/-ομαι

idioms:

• treble clef    κλειδί του σολ

Italiano (Italian)
soprano, triplice

idioms:

• treble clef    chiave di sol

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - triplicado, tríplice
n. - soprano (m), voz aguda (f), triplo (m)
v. - triplicar

idioms:

• treble clef    clave de sol

Русский (Russian)
тройное количество, (муз.) дискант, высоко звучащие частоты

idioms:

• treble clef    (муз.) тройной скрипичный/басовый ключ

Español (Spanish)
1.
adj. - tiple, triple, tríplice
pred. - por tres
n. - triple, triplo
pron. - tri
v. tr. - tripiclar
v. intr. - triplicarse

2.
n. - soprano, voz de tiple, tono atiplado, voz aguda

idioms:

• treble clef    clave de sol

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - tredubbel, trefaldig, diskant, sopran (mus.)
n. - diskant, sopran, gäll röst (mus.), stolpe (i virkning)
v. - tredubbla(s)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
三倍的, 三重的, 唱最高声部的, 最高声部的, 高音的, 尖声的, 最高音部, 三倍, 使增为三倍, 变成三倍

idioms:

• treble clef    高音谱号

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 三倍的, 三重的, 唱最高聲部的, 最高聲部的, 高音的, 尖聲的
n. - 最高音部, 三倍
v. tr. - 使增為三倍
v. intr. - 變成三倍

idioms:

• treble clef    高音譜號

한국어 (Korean)
1.
adj. - 3 부분으로 구성되는
pred. - 3배의
n. - 같은 말에 의한 3레이스 우승, 세 겹의 물건, 세 부분으로 구성된 것
pron. - 3배, 3겹의 물건
v. tr. - 세곱하다
v. intr. - 세곱이 되다

2.
n. - 최고 음역, 고음부

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 3倍の, ソプラノの, 最高音部の
v. - 3倍にする, 3倍になる
n. - 3倍, 3重, 最高音部の声

idioms:

• treble clef    高音部記号

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ثلاثي (الاسم) عالي ألطبقه (فعل) يزيده ثلاثه أضعاف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מורכב משלושה חלקים, פי שלושה‬
n. - ‮דבר כפול שלושה, שידור בתדר גבוה, דיסקנט (מוסיקה), התערבות בה עובר סכום הזכייה לשלב שני ואחר לשלישי, 3 נצחונות או אליפויות באותה עונה‬
pron. - ‮מספר או כמות גדולים פי שלושה‬
v. tr. - ‮הכפיל בשלוש, שידר בתדר גבוה, שילש‬
v. intr. - ‮נשלש‬
n. - ‮קול גבוה, סופרנו‬

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