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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

triplé

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tri-ple

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Three-peat/ˈθriː.piːt/
nounverbCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #25000 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"L'équipe vise un triplé historique cette saison."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The achievement of winning three consecutive championships, titles, or major successes.

    "The team is aiming for an unprecedented three-peat this season."
As verb
  1. 1

    To win or achieve three consecutive championships or victories.

    "If they win the final game this Sunday, they will successfully three-peat."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in the late 1980s by Byron Scott, a player for the Los Angeles Lakers, and later trademarked by coach Pat Riley, the term is a blend of the number 'three' and 'repeat'. It emerged within American professional sports culture to describe winning three consecutive championships and subsequently expanded into broader political and general usage to denote any triple consecutive success.

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