ETYM Latin ternarius, from terni. Related to Tern.
Having three units or components or elements; SYN. treble, triple, triplex.
Triple; pertaining to or consisting of three(s); in threes; having three as base.
In threes; having three components; having three as a base.
ETYM Old Eng. threofald; cf. AS. thrîfeald.
Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple.
ETYM Old Eng. treble threefold, Old Fren. treble, treible, Latin triplus. Related to Triple.
Three times as great or many; SYN. threefold, triple.
In music, the highest register of a boy's voice (approximately equivalent in range to the soprano voice of a woman), about F4–C6, or the highest-pitched member of a family of instruments, for example the treble viol. The term is also used to refer to the right hand of a piano piece.
Triply, threefold; having much treble, having many high tones
In a triple degree, amount, or manner