English-French translations for treble

• tripler
  D’après moi, nous devrions être en mesure de tripler nos engagements financiers d’ici 2008. By 2008, we should be able to treble our financial commitments, in my view.
  Beaucoup d'entre nous ici ont vu la population de la planète tripler au cours de leur vie. In the lifetimes of many of us here, population on this planet will have trebled.
  La Chine vient de tripler en cinq ans son budget alloué à la recherche et au développement. China has trebled its spending on research and development in the last five years.

Definition of treble

• Pertaining to the highest singing voice or part in harmonized music; soprano
• High in pitch; shrill
• Trebly; triply
• The highest singing voice or part in musical composition
• A person or instrument having a treble voice or pitch; a boy soprano
• Any high-pitched or shrill voice or sound
• A drink with three portions of alcohol
• Three goals, victories, awards etc. in a given match or season
• To multiply by three; to make into three parts, layers, or thrice the amount
• To make a shrill or high-pitched noise

Related words

• treble clef
• treble speaker
• treble hook
• treble recorder