triplet
See also: Triplet
English
Etymology
| PIE word |
|---|
| *tréyes |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪplət/, (rhythm counting) /ˈtɹɪ.pə.lɛt/
Audio (US): (file)
| [a], [b], [c] ← 2 | 3 | 4 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: three Ordinal: third Abbreviated ordinal: 3rd 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)
- A set of three, particularly
- Coordinate terms: singlet, couplet, quadruplet, tetraplet, quintuplet, pentuplet, sextuplet, septuplet, octuplet, nonuplet, decuplet, centuplet, multiplet
- (music) A group of three notes played or written where two notes would ordinarily be; a form of tuplet.
- (physics) A triquark.
- (physics) A quantum state with three allowed projections for the spin.
- 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.
- One of a group of three, particularly
- 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
Translations
group of three
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one of a group of three
one of three siblings born at the same time of the same mother
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(music) group of three notes played in place of two
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See also
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁi.plɛ/
Audio: (file) Audio (Canada): (file)
Noun
triplet m (plural triplets)
- (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
Noun
triplet m (plural tripleți)
- 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)
- 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)