Treble — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the pitch range of the highest female voice

sing treble

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tɹˈɛbəl/

🇬🇧British English

/tɹˈɛbəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tɹˈɛbəl/

1 syllable Say it as /tɹˈɛbəl/.

Examples

Triple your income!
soprano voice
soprano sax

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

threefold soprano two-fold triple twofold three-fold double dual triplex ternary

Parts of Speech

noun	the pitch range of the highest female voice
verb	sing treble
verb	increase threefold “Triple your income!”
adjective	having or denoting a high range “soprano voice”
adjective	three times as great or many “a claim for treble (or triple) damages”
adjective	having three units or components or elements “a ternary operation”
adjective	having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; ; - R.W.Emerson; -Frederick Harrison “a double (or dual) role for an actor”

Word Forms

treble	verb	sing treble
treble	noun	the pitch range of the highest female voice
triple	noun	a quantity that is three times as great as another
triplicate	noun	one of three copies; any of three things that correspond to one another exactly
tripling	noun	increase by a factor of three

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

verdreifachen

der Tonumfang der höchsten Frauenstimme

🇫🇷French

tripler

la tessiture de la voix féminine la plus haute

🇪🇸Spanish

triplicar

el rango de tono de la voz femenina más alta

🇮🇹Italian

acuti

la gamma tonale della voce femminile più alta

🇳🇱Dutch

hoge tonen

het toonhoogtebereik van de hoogste vrouwenstem

🇵🇹Portuguese

agudos

a faixa de tom da voz feminina mais aguda

🇷🇺Russian

тройной

диапазон высоты самого высокого женского голоса

India

🇮🇳Hindi

तिहरा

उच्चतम महिला आवाज की पिच रेंज

🇧🇩Bengali

তিনগুণ

সর্বোচ্চ মহিলা কণ্ঠের পিচ পরিসর

🇮🇳Tamil

மும்மடங்கு

மிக உயர்ந்த பெண் குரலின் சுருதி வீச்சு

🇮🇳Telugu

మూడు రెట్లు

అత్యధిక స్త్రీ స్వరం యొక్క పిచ్ పరిధి

🇮🇳Marathi

तिप्पट

सर्वोच्च महिला आवाजाची पिच श्रेणी

🇮🇳Gujarati

ત્રેવડી

ઉચ્ચતમ સ્ત્રી અવાજની પિચ શ્રેણી

🇮🇳Kannada

ತ್ರಿವಳಿ

ಅತ್ಯುನ್ನತ ಸ್ತ್ರೀ ಧ್ವನಿಯ ಪಿಚ್ ಶ್ರೇಣಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ട്രിബിൾ

ഏറ്റവും ഉയർന്ന സ്ത്രീ ശബ്ദത്തിൻ്റെ പിച്ച് ശ്രേണി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਤਿਹਰਾ

ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਉੱਚੀ ਔਰਤ ਆਵਾਜ਼ ਦੀ ਪਿੱਚ ਰੇਂਜ

🇵🇰Urdu

تگنا

خواتین کی بلند ترین آواز کی پچ رینج

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

高音

最高女声的音域

🇯🇵Japanese

高音域

女性の最も高い声のピッチ範囲

🇰🇷Korean

고음부

가장 높은 여성 목소리의 음역대

🇻🇳Vietnamese

cú ăn ba

âm vực của giọng nữ cao nhất

🇹🇭Thai

เสียงแหลม

ช่วงระดับเสียงสูงสุดของผู้หญิง

🇮🇩Indonesian

tiga kali lipat

rentang nada suara wanita tertinggi

🇲🇾Malay

tiga kali ganda

julat nada suara wanita tertinggi

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ثلاثة أضعاف

نطاق الملعب لأعلى صوت أنثوي

🇮🇷Persian

سه برابر شدن

محدوده زیر و بم بالاترین صدای زن

🇹🇷Turkish

tiz

en yüksek kadın sesinin perde aralığı

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְשַׁלֵשׁ

טווח הצליל של הקול הנשי הגבוה ביותר

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