treble

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) High in pitch.
2. (not-comparable) Pertaining to the highest singing voice or part in harmonized music; soprano.
3. (dated, not-comparable) Threefold, triple.

Adv

Trebly; triply.

Noun

1. The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition.
2. A person or instrument having a treble voice or pitch; a boy soprano.
3. The highest tuned in a ring of bells.
4. Any high-pitched or shrill voice or sound.
5. (dated) A threefold quantity or number; something having three parts or having been tripled.
6. (dated) A drink with three portions of alcohol; a triple
7. Any of the narrow areas enclosed by the two central circles on a dartboard, worth three times the usual value of the segment.
8. Three goals, victories, awards etc. in a given match or season.
9. Three goals, victories, awards etc. in a given match or season.

Verb

1. (dated, transitive) To multiply by three; to make into three parts, layers, or thrice the amount.
2. (dated, intransitive) To become multiplied by three or increased threefold.
3. (intransitive) To make a shrill or high-pitched noise.
4. (transitive) To utter in a treble key; to whine.

Noun

Alternative form of tribble (“frame for drying paper”).

Opposite of

deep

Synonyms

triple

threefold

soprano

triplex

three-fold

ternary

triplicate

dual

triplicity

high

double

three-ply

twofold

two-fold

high-pitched

pipy

of three kinds

acute

divided into three parts

alto

descant

elevated

falsetto

high-level

lofty

sharpened

tall

tenor

tern

trebling

trinal

trine

high singing voice

Translations

tripler

verdreifachen

triple

triplicare

triple

dreifach

tiple

triplicar

triplo

triplicar

soprano

triplice

triple

soprano

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɹɛbəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: treble

In summary

PIE word
*tréyes
From Middle English treble, from Old French treble, from Latin triplus. Doublet of triple.