tiple

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish tiple. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtiː.pleɪ/ === Noun === tiple (plural tiples) (music) Any of several kinds of small, plucked stringed-instrument of the guitar family, used in the traditional musics of Spain and various Latin American nations. ==== Usage notes ==== The most prominent of the tiple instruments in English writing is the Colombian version of the instrument -- the Colombian tiple -- and it is that one which is probably referred to if the context doesn't specify it. The other instruments called tiple are largely unrelated to the Colombian version. See Appendix:Glossary of chordophones for a more detailed explanation. === Anagrams === -ptile == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Spanish tiple. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ti‧ple === Noun === tiple m or f (plural tiples) (music) soprano, treble (voice, singer) Synonym: soprano === Further reading === “tiple”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tiple”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Alternative forms === timple === Etymology === Probably from Old Spanish triple, based on dividing the human voices into bass, tenor and soprano, the latter being the highest. See modern Spanish triple. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtiple/ [ˈt̪i.ple] Rhymes: -iple Syllabification: ti‧ple === Noun === tiple m (plural tiples) treble guitar, a small plucked stringed instrument of the guitar family, used in the traditional musics of Spain and various Latin American nations treble guitar player soprano, treble (voice, singer) (nautical) single-piece mast === References === Roberts, Edward A. (2014), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN === Further reading === “tiple”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish tiple. See also triple. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtiple/ [ˈt̪ip.lɛ] Rhymes: -iple Syllabification: tip‧le === Noun === tiple (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜉ᜔ᜎᜒ) (music) treble; soprano (voice) Synonym: soprano ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “tiple”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 560