tiple

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

tiple

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Spanish tiple.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiː.pleɪ/

Noun

tiple (plural tiples)

1. (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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.pli/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.pli/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ple/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈti.plɨ/

• Hyphenation: ti‧ple

Noun

tiple m or f (plural tiples)

1. (music) soprano, treble (voice, singer)

   Synonym: soprano

Further reading

• “tiple”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “tiple”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

tiple

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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)

1. treble guitar, a small plucked stringed instrument of the guitar family, used in the traditional musics of Spain and various Latin American nations
2. treble guitar player
3. soprano, treble (voice, singer)
4. (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)

1. treble; soprano (voice)

   Synonym: soprano

See also

• alto
• baho
• baritono
• kontralto
• soprano
• tenor

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