triple

(trĭp'əl)
adj.

1. Consisting of three parts or members.
2. Three times as much in size, strength, number, or amount.
3. Music. Having three beats to a measure.

n.

1. A number or quantity three times as great as another.
2. A group or set of three; a triad.
3. Baseball. See three-base hit.
4. See trifecta.

v., -pled, -pling, -ples.

v.tr.
To make three times as great in number or amount.

v.intr.

1. To be or become three times as great in number or amount.
2. Baseball. To make a three-base hit.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin triplus (on the model of Greek triploos) : Latin tri-, three + -plus, -fold.]

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In general contexts (outside music, betting, etc.) the two words are largely interchangeable as noun, verb, and adjective, but triple is more common for the verb (especially in intransitive uses, in the sense 'to become three times as many':

The editorial staff had tripled and was producing issues 250 pages thick—Columbia Journalism Review, 2003)

and the adjective

(I was starting to get triple vision and wondering how you did that with only two eyes—Iain Banks, 1990).

Both words are used in the meaning 'three times as many', as in treble / triple the number and treble / triple the size.

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noun

A group of three individuals: three, threesome, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triumvirate, triune, triunity, troika. See group.

IN BRIEF: A quantity that is three times as great as another.

A triple cone has three scoops of ice cream.

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For a list of words related to triple, see:

• Baseball - triple: a base hit on which a batter reaches third base
• Bowling

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tredobbelt, trefoldig
pred. - tredoble
n. - tredobling
v. tr. - tredoble
v. intr. - tredobles

idioms:

• triple jump    trespring

Nederlands (Dutch)
drievoudig, driedubbel, verdriedubbelen

Français (French)
adj. - triple, (gén) triple, (Mus) à trois temps
pred. - triple
n. - triple
v. tr. - tripler
v. intr. - tripler, devenir trois fois plus (grand, gros)

idioms:

• triple jump    triple saut

Deutsch (German)
adj. - dreifach, Drei...
n. - das Dreifache
v. - (sich) verdreifachen
pred. - dreimalig

idioms:

• triple jump    Dreisprung

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - τριπλός, τριπλάσιος, τρίδιπλος
n. - τριπλό, τριπλάσιο, τριάδα
v. - τριπλασιάζω/-ομαι

idioms:

• triple jump    άλμα εις τριπλούν

Italiano (Italian)
triplice

idioms:

• triple jump    salto triplo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - triplicado, tríplice
n. - triplo (m), tresdobro (m), com três cópias
v. - triplicar-se, tresdobrar

idioms:

• triple jump    salto mortal triplo

Русский (Russian)
тройной

idioms:

• triple jump    (спорт.) тройной прыжок

Español (Spanish)
adj. - triple, triplo, tresdoble
pred. - triple
n. - triple
v. tr. - triplicar, tresdoblar
v. intr. - triplicarse

idioms:

• triple jump    triple salto (de longitud)

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - trefaldig, tredubbel, tredelad, trippel-
n. - trefald, tretal
v. - tredubbla

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
三倍的, 由三部分构成的, 三重的, 三方的, 三倍数, 三个一组, 三倍量, 三垒打, 使成三倍, 三倍于, 增至三倍

idioms:

• triple jump    三级跳远

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 三倍的, 由三部分構成的, 三重的, 三方的
pred. - 三倍的, 由三部分構成的, 三重的, 三方的
n. - 三倍數, 三個一組, 三倍量, 三壘打
v. tr. - 使成三倍, 三倍於
v. intr. - 增至三倍

idioms:

• triple jump    三級跳遠

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 3중의, 3배의, 3자간의
pred. - 3부분으로 되는
n. - 3배의 수, 3루타
v. tr. - 3중으로 하다
v. intr. - 3중으로 되다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 3部分から成る, 3倍の, 3重の
n. - 3倍の数, 3塁打
v. - 3倍にする, 3塁打を打つ

idioms:

• triple jump    三段跳び

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مكرر ثلاث مرات (الاسم) ألثلاثي, ألثالوث (فعل) يثلث‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮פי שלושה, משולש, בן שלושה חלקים, של שלושה צדדים‬
n. - ‮מספר כפול פי שלושה, שלישייה‬
v. tr. - ‮הכפיל פי שלוש, שילש‬
v. intr. - ‮גדל פי שלוש, נשלש‬

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