triplex
See also: Triplex
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin triplex. Analyzable as tri- + -plex.
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
triplex (not comparable)
- Having three parts; triple or threefold.
- (architecture) Having three floors
- (architecture) Having three units, divisions, suites, apartments
Derived terms edit
- triplexity
- Triplexity (name of a boardgame)
- Triplexity (virtual band consisting of 3 members, their name is said to be a portmanteau of triplex and complexity)
- triplicity
Noun edit
triplex (countable and uncountable, plural triplexes)
- A building with three apartments or divisions.
- A dwelling unit with three floors.
- 2010, Jennifer Egan, “Pure Language”, in A Visit from the Goon Squad:
- There were influential and corruptible people like his friend, Max, onetime singer for the Pink Buttons, now a wind-power potentate who owned a SoHo triplex and threw a caviar-strewn Christmas party each year […]
- (juggling) A throwing motion where three balls are thrown with one hand at the same time.
- (music, uncountable) Triple time.
Synonyms edit
- (building): threeplex
Verb edit
triplex (third-person singular simple present triplexes, present participle triplexing, simple past and past participle triplexed)
- (transitive) To make triplex.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin triplex. In the sense “three-veneer plywood” likely a shortening of triplexhout.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
triplex (not comparable)
Inflection edit
Inflection of triplex | ||||
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uninflected | triplex | |||
inflected | triplex | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | triplex | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | triplex | ||
n. sing. | triplex | |||
plural | triplex | |||
definite | triplex | |||
partitive | triplex |
Noun edit
triplex n (uncountable)
Coordinate terms edit
Latin edit
[a], [b] ← 2 | III 3 |
4 → [a], [b] |
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Cardinal: trēs Ordinal: tertius Adverbial: ter Multiplier: triplex, triplus Distributive: ternus, trīnus Collective: terniō Fractional: triēns |
Etymology edit
From trēs (“three”) + -plex (“-fold”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtri.pleks/, [ˈt̪rɪpɫ̪ɛks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtri.pleks/, [ˈt̪riːpleks]
Adjective edit
triplex (genitive triplicis, adverb tripliciter); third-declension one-termination adjective
Declension edit
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | triplex | triplicēs | triplicia | ||
Genitive | triplicis | triplicium | |||
Dative | triplicī | triplicibus | |||
Accusative | triplicem | triplex | triplicēs | triplicia | |
Ablative | triplicī | triplicibus | |||
Vocative | triplex | triplicēs | triplicia |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: triplex, Triplex
- French: triplex
- German: Triplex-, Triplex
- Italian: triplice
- Sicilian: trìprici
References edit
- “triplex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “triplex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- triplex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- in two, three columns: agmine duplici, triplici
- to draw up the army in three lines: aciem triplicem instruere (B. G. 1. 24)
- in two, three columns: agmine duplici, triplici
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
triplex n (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of triplex (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) triplex | triplexul |
genitive/dative | (unui) triplex | triplexului |
vocative | triplexule |