🎶 A high voice 3️⃣ To triple 3️⃣ Three times 🔊 High-pitched 🎶 To sing high part

to treble

7.9

To sing the highest part in a choir

verb
/ˈtrɛbəl/

Specialized

: cantar en soprano

When rehearsing, she enjoys trebling alongside the other sopranos.

Examples

At the choir competition, Sophie was chosen to treble in the opening hymn.
Several of the younger boys trebled beautifully during the service.
She can treble the high notes effortlessly.
The choir trebles beautifully during performances.
During the concert, Maria was asked to treble the melody for the final chorus.
As a soprano, he loves to treble whenever the choir performs classical pieces.
The director praised her ability to treble with the same clarity as the other singers.

Antonyms

bass

89 4.9

A low male singing voice in a choir or opera

Compounds

treble damages

Formal

1 9.5

Money a court gives that is three times a person's loss

treble clef

Specialized

1 6.0

A symbol at the start of written music that shows the second line is the G above middle C

treble staff

Specialized

7.4

Five lines that show musical notes above middle C, used for violin or right-hand piano

treble recorder

8.1

A medium-sized wind instrument like a flute that plays notes between the tenor and soprano used in groups

Surface Forms

treble infinitive

trebled past

trebled past participle

trebling present participle

trebles third person singular

Etymology

Treble To treble in singing comes from the noun treble, which itself comes from the root for 'three' and named the top voice. That is why to treble is to sing the highest part.