triplex

== English == === Etymology === From Latin triplex. Analyzable as tri- +‎ -plex. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === triplex (not comparable) Having three parts; triple or threefold. (architecture) Having three floors (architecture) Having three units, divisions, suites, apartments ==== Derived terms ==== triplexity triplicity === Noun === triplex (countable and uncountable, plural triplexes) A building with three apartments or divisions. A dwelling unit with three floors. (juggling) A throwing motion where three balls are thrown with one hand at the same time. (music, uncountable) Triple time. Anything with three parts. ==== Synonyms ==== (building): threeplex === Verb === triplex (third-person singular simple present triplexes, present participle triplexing, simple past and past participle triplexed) (transitive) To make triplex. == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin triplex. In the sense “three-veneer plywood” likely a shortening of triplexhout. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtri.plɛks/ Hyphenation: tri‧plex === Adjective === triplex (not comparable) threefold ==== Declension ==== === Noun === triplex n (uncountable, no diminutive) plywood consisting of three veneers ==== Coordinate terms ==== multiplex == Latin == === Etymology === From trēs (“three”) +‎ -plex (“-fold”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtrɪ.pɫɛks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtriː.pleks] === Adjective === triplex (genitive triplicis, adverb tripliciter); third-declension one-termination adjective triple, threefold ==== Declension ==== Third-declension one-termination adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== triplicēs triplicitās ==== Related terms ==== trēs ==== Descendants ==== >? Sicilian: trìprici → English: triplex, Triplex → French: triplex → German: Triplex-, Triplex → Italian: triplex, triplice (semi-learned) === References === “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[2], London: Macmillan and Co. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French triplex. === Noun === triplex n (uncountable) triplex ==== Declension ====