triple

triple

Dont la quantité ou la taille est trois fois celle d’autre chose.

En anglais simple : Three times as much or as large as something else.

• This house is triple the size of ours.
• She now earns triple her old salary.
• They paid triple the usual price for tickets.

Comment l'utiliser : triple the + noun (The larger room costs triple the price of the smaller one.)

Synonymes : threefold, treble

Expressions courantes : triple the price, triple the size, triple the amount, triple serving

triple

Composé de trois parties liées ou assorties.

En anglais simple : Made of three connected or matching parts.

• The cake has a triple layer of chocolate.
• The door has a triple lock.
• A triple row of trees lines the path.

Synonymes : three-part

Expressions courantes : triple layer, triple lock, triple threat

tripler

Porter la quantité ou la taille de quelque chose à trois fois sa valeur initiale.

En anglais simple : To make something three times as large or as much.

• We need to triple the amount of rice.
• The shop tripled its sales last year.
• Can you triple this recipe for the party?

Comment l'utiliser : triple something (The company plans to triple its production.)

Synonymes : treble

Expressions courantes : triple the amount, triple your income, triple production

tripler

Atteindre trois fois sa quantité ou sa taille initiale.

En anglais simple : To become three times as large or as much.

• Our costs have tripled.
• The population tripled in twenty years.
• Sales could triple if we open another shop.

Comment l'utiliser : triple in something (The village has tripled in size.)

Synonymes : treble

Expressions courantes : prices triple, sales triple, triple in size

frapper un triple

Frapper la balle et atteindre la troisième base sans être éliminé ni profiter d’une erreur adverse.

En anglais simple : To hit a baseball and reach third base safely without a mistake by the other team.

• He tripled in the first inning.
• She tripled to right field and drove in two runs.
• The batter tripled, then scored on the next hit.

Synonymes : hit a triple

Expressions courantes : triple to right, triple to left, triple and score

triple dose

Boisson contenant trois fois la dose habituelle d’alcool.

En anglais simple : An alcoholic drink containing three times the usual amount of alcohol.

• He ordered a triple at the bar.
• She poured him a triple of whisky.
• Two triples were waiting on the counter.

Expressions courantes : a triple whisky, order a triple, make it a triple

triple burger

Hamburger contenant trois steaks superposés.

En anglais simple : A hamburger containing three pieces of meat, one above another.

• He ordered a triple with cheese.
• The triple was too big for me to finish.
• They sell singles, doubles, and triples.

Synonymes : triple burger

Expressions courantes : triple with cheese, order a triple, beef triple