"triple" in seven languages
Meaningtriple
Spanish
triple
/ˈtɾiple/
learned
French
triple
/tʁipl/
learned
Italian
triplo
/ˈtriplo/
learned
Portuguese
triplo
/ˈtɾiplu/
learned
Romanian
triplu
/ˈtriplu/
learned
Catalan
triple
/ˈtɾiplə/
learned
English
triple
/ˈtɹɪpəl/
from Latin/French · Old French triple, Latin TRIPLUM
English → ItaliantripletriploCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
TRIPLUM‘threefold’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
The pl survives untouched because the word is learned. English treble is the same word, worn down through Old French.
English relatives: triplet, treble, triplicate
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In a sentence
- esFue una triple victoria para el equipo.
- frCe fut une triple victoire pour l'équipe.
- itÈ stata una tripla vittoria per la squadra.
- ptFoi uma vitória tripla para o time.
- roA fost o triplă victorie pentru echipă.
- caVa ser una triple victòria per a l'equip.
- enIt was a triple victory for the team.