French Conversation · Level 34
75 words
French word
tripler
Pronunciation
IPA/tʁiple/
Meaning
- verbtriple
Example
Les ventes triplent en 1 an.
Sales triple in one year.
More examples
La population de la ville a triplé en vingt ans.
The city's population tripled in twenty years.
Core concept
One quantity reaches the size of three equal copies, either by itself or through an outside cause.
Common phrases
tripler en un an
triple in a year
tripler en vingt ans
triple in twenty years
tripler rapidement
triple rapidly
Similar words
augmenter: To increase an amount or degree.
doubler: To make an amount or number twice as large.
multiplier: To enlarge a quantity through multiplication.
Definition in French
Provoquer ou subir une multiplication par trois d'une quantité.
Word origin
French tripler is formed from triple with the productive verb ending -er, while triple comes from Latin triplus, meaning threefold.
Usage tips
- Tripler is transitive when someone or something triples an amount, as in tripler les ventes, and intransitive when the amount itself triples, as in les ventes triplent.
Opposites
- diminuerdecreaseverb
Related words
- tripletripleadjective
- triplétripledadjective
- triplementthreefoldadverb