Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

triple

/ˈtɹɪp.əl/ adjective, noun, verb

Forms triples tripling tripled

  1. adjective Made up of three related elements, often matching “The triple markings on this vase are quite unique.”
  2. adjective Of three times the quantity; treble. “Give me a triple serving of mashed potatoes.”
  3. adjective Designed for three users. “a triple room”
  4. adjective Folded in three; composed of three layers.
  5. adjective Having three aspects. “a triple meaning”
  6. adjective (music) Of time, three times as fast as very fast.
  7. adjective (obsolete) One of three; third.
  8. noun Three times or thrice the number, amount, size, etc.
  9. noun (informal) A drink with three portions of alcohol. “I've had a hard day; make that a triple.”
  10. noun (cricket) Three runs.
  11. noun (US) A hamburger with three patties. “I'd like a triple with cheese.”
  12. noun (baseball) A three-base hit. “The shortstop hit a triple to lead off the ninth.”
  13. noun (basketball) A three-point field goal.
  14. noun (curling) A takeout shot in which three stones are removed from play.
  15. noun (mathematics, computing) A sequence of three elements or 3-tuple.
  16. verb To multiply by three. “The company tripled their earnings per share over last quarter.”
  17. verb (baseball) To get a three-base hit. “The batter tripled into the gap.”
  18. verb To become three times as large. “Our earnings have tripled in the last year.”
  19. verb To serve or operate as (something), in addition to two other functions.

Synonyms

tern threefold treble thrissome ternary triadic trinary trine three-base hit three-bagger trio triad triplet triplex three-fold

Etymology

From Middle English triple (also þripell), from Latin triplus. Doublet of treble.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Consisting of three united; multiplied by three; threefold; as, a triple knot; a triple tie. By thy triple shape as thou art seen. Dryden.
  2. adjective Three times repeated; treble. See Treble.
  3. verb To make threefold, or thrice as much or as many; to treble; as, to triple the tax on coffee.

Etymology [L. triplus; tri- (see Tri-) + -plus, as in duplus double: cf. F. triple. See Double, and cf. Treble.]

Etymology [Cf. F. tripler. See Triple, a.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “triple”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “triple” (best matches first).

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