triplet

See also: Triplet

English

Etymology

PIE word
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From triple +‎ -et, q.v.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪplət/, (rhythm counting) /ˈtɹɪ.pə.lɛt/

• Audio (US):

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English numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b], [c] ←  2	3	4  →
Cardinal: three     Ordinal: third     Latinate ordinal: tertiary     Reverse order ordinal: third to last     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

Noun

triplet (plural triplets)

1. A set of three, particularly

   Coordinate terms: singlet, couplet, quadruplet, tetraplet, quintuplet, pentuplet, sextuplet, septuplet, octuplet, nonuplet, decuplet, centuplet, multiplet

   1. (music) A group of three notes played or written where two notes would ordinarily be; a form of tuplet.
   2. (physics) A triquark.
   3. (physics) A quantum state with three allowed projections for the spin.
   4. A constructed gem consisting of a thin slice of natural opal sandwiched between a clear glass or quartz top and a synthetic or stone backing that enhances the colour of the opal.
2. One of a group of three, particularly
   1. One of a group of three siblings born at the same time to the same mother.

Synonyms

• (group of three): See Thesaurus:trio
• (one of a group of three siblings born at the same time): threeling

Derived terms

• Cooke triplet
• linear triplet
• prime triplet
• triplet oxygen

 

Translations

group of three

• Bulgarian: тро́йка (bg) f (trójka), три́плет m (tríplet)
• Danish: trio (da) c
• Dutch: trio (nl)
• Esperanto: triopo (eo)
• Finnish: kolmikko (fi)
• French: triplet (fr)
• German: Trio (de) n, Tripel (de) n, Triplett n
• Hebrew: שְׁלִישִׁיָּה (he) f (shlishiyá)
• Italian: tripletta (it)
• Japanese: 三つ組 (みつぐみ, mitsu-gumi)
• Maori: tokotoru
• Norwegian: trio m
• Portuguese: trio (pt) m, trinca (pt) f, terceto (pt) m, tríade (pt) f
• Romanian: trio (ro) n
• Russian: тро́йка (ru) f (trójka), трипле́т (ru) m (triplét), тро́йня (ru) f (trójnja) (siblings), три́о (ru) n (trío)
• Spanish: trío (es) m, tríada f, triplete (es) m
• Swedish: trio (sv) c

one of a group of three

• Esperanto: triopano
• Finnish: yksi kolmesta, kolmikon jäsen
• French: l'un des trois
• Norwegian: en av tre
• Spanish: uno del trío

one of three siblings born at the same time of the same mother

• Albanian: trinjak (sq) m, trinjake f
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: hiruki
• Bulgarian: (един от) три близнака ((edin ot) tri bliznaka)
• Catalan: trigemin m, trigèmina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: trilling (da) c
• Dutch: drielingbroer m, drielingzus f
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kolmonen (fi)
• French: triplé (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Drilling (de) m
• Greek: τρίδυμος (el) (trídymos) (adjective)
• Hebrew: תאום (he) m (teóm), תאום שלישייה m (teóm shlishiyá)
• Hungarian: hármasiker (hu)
• Hunsrik: Drilling m
• Icelandic: þríburi m
• Japanese: 三つ子 (ja) (mitsugo)
• Khmer: កូនភ្លោះបី (kounphlŭəhbəy)
• Korean: 세쌍둥이 (sessangdung'i)
• Latin: trigeminus m, trigemina f
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: māhanga toru, huatoru
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: trilling m
• Plautdietsch: Drillinkj m
• Polish: trojaczek (pl)
• Portuguese: trigémeo m, trigêmeo m
• Romanian: triplet (ro) m
• Russian: тройня́шка (ru) m or f (trojnjáška), близне́ц (ru) m (bliznéc)
• Spanish: trillizo (es) m, triate (es) m
• Swedish: trilling (sv) c
• Tagalog: tatlong magkakambal
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: üçüz (tr)
• Vietnamese: con sinh ba
• Welsh: tripled
• Yoruba: ìbẹ́ta

(music) group of three notes played in place of two

• Czech: triola (cs) f
• Dutch: triool (nl) m or f
• Finnish: trioli (fi)
• French: triolet (fr) m
• German: Triole (de) f
• Greek: τρίηχο (el) n (tríicho)
• Icelandic: tríóla f
• Norwegian: triol m
• Russian: трио́ль (ru) f (triólʹ)
• Spanish: tresillo (es) m
• Swedish: triol (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} terceto (es) m

See also

Number	1	2	3	4	5
Modifier	single	double / twofold	triple / threefold	quadruple / fourfold	quintuple / pentuple / fivefold
Whole	loner / singleton / monad	pair / couple / twosome / dyad	trio / threesome / triad / troika	foursome / tetrad	fivesome
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	sevensome	eightsome	ninesome	tensome / 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

• pretilt

French

Etymology

From triple +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.plɛ/

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• Audio (Canada):

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Noun

triplet m (plural triplets)

1. (mathematics, biology, architecture) triplet, group of three things

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French triplet.

Noun

triplet m (plural tripleți)

1. triplet (each one of the three beings resulting from the same pregnancy)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	triplet	tripletul		tripleți	tripleții
genitive-dative	triplet	tripletului		tripleți	tripleților
vocative	tripletule			tripleților

Noun

triplet n (plural tripleturi)

1. triplet (set of three)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	triplet	tripletul		tripleturi	tripleturile
genitive-dative	triplet	tripletului		tripleturi	tripleturilor
vocative	tripletule			tripleturilor

Noun

triplet n (plural triplete)

1. triplet

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	triplet	tripletul		triplete	tripletele
genitive-dative	triplet	tripletului		triplete	tripletelor
vocative	tripletule			tripletelor