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Dictionary: tri·ple   (trĭp'əl) pronunciation
 
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 BRIEF: A quantity that is three times as great as another.

pronunciation A triple cone has three scoops of ice cream.

 
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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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