treble
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treble¹
- /ˈtɹɛbəl/
Rhymes with -ɛbəl
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From Middle English treble, from Old French treble, from Latin triplus. Doublet of triple.
adjective
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Pertaining to the highest singing voice or part in harmonized music.
He put his cigar in his mouth, and, with his right hand, up in the treble keys, he began to play, in octaves, the melody of a song called "The Kinkajou," which, somewhat notably, had shifted into and ostensibly out of popularity before he was born.
Similar: high-pitched, strident · Opposite: deep
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Threefold, triple.
A lofty tower, and strong on every side / With treble walls.
Similar: tern, ternary, threefold, treble, triadic, trinary, trine, triple
adverb
noun trebles
- The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition. He starts out by saying that there are three sights, the mene, treble, and quadreble, but actually he discusses only two, the treble and quadreble, both of which are read at the transposition of an octave.
- A person or instrument having a treble voice or pitch; a boy soprano.
- The highest tuned in a ring of bells.
- Any high-pitched or shrill voice or sound.
- A threefold quantity or number; something having three parts or having been tripled.
- A drink with three portions of alcohol; a triple
- Any of the narrow areas enclosed by the two central circles on a dartboard, worth three times the usual value of the segment.
- Three goals, victories, awards etc. in a given match or season. As for City, a domestic treble is off the cards and they must haul themselves off the floor quickly with the second leg of their last-16 Champions League tie against Barcelona on Wednesday.
- A win in the top league, top national cup and top continental cup in the same season.
verb trebles · trebling · trebled
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To multiply by three; to make into three parts, layers, or thrice the amount.
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Similar: triple
- To become multiplied by three or increased threefold. I am more ſerious then my cuſtome; you Muſt be ſo too, if heed me: which to do Trebbles thee o're.
- To make a shrill or high-pitched noise.
- To utter in a treble key; to whine. He outrageously / (When I accused him) trebled his reply.
Similar: treble, triple, triplicate · Opposite: third, tripartition, trisect
treble²
- /ˈtɹɛbəl/
Rhymes with -ɛbəl
noun trebles
- Alternative form of tribble (“frame for drying paper”).
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: soprano, dual, double, multiple, twofold, triple, ternary, high, threefold, triplex, high-pitched, clef, shawm, viol, tweeter, cutting-edge
verb
Similar: treble, triple, triplicate · Opposite: third, tripartition, trisect
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adv Translations
| Español | trestanto |
|---|
noun The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition
| Español | tiple |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Sopranstimme, Sopran, Diskantstimme, Diskant |
| Русский | диска́нт diskánt, сопра́но sopráno |
verb to multiply by three
| Español | triplicar |
|---|---|
| Français | tripler |
| Deutsch | verdreifachen |
| Italiano | triplicare |
| Русский | утроить utroitʹ |
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title = {treble},
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