triplex

1 of 2

noun

tri·​plex ˈtri-ˌpleks How to pronounce triplex (audio)
ˈtrī-
: something (such as an apartment) that is triplex

triplex

2 of 2

adjective

1
: threefold, triple
triplex windows
2
: having three apartments, floors, or sections
triplex buildings
triplex apartments
a triplex theater

Examples of triplex in a Sentence

Adjective a triplex house that features a separate apartment on each floor
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The triplex was first listed by the News Corp. chairman emeritus for $62 million in 2022, and has since endured multiple price cuts. Sydney Lake, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2024 Sneddon recalled Weisselberg asking him in 2012 to calculate the triplex's value. Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 5 Mar. 2024 Easily used as a single-family home, the property is zoned as a two-family residence, with a garden-level apartment below a spacious three-bedroom and two-and-a-half-bath triplex. Mark David, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2024 The primary suite occupies the triplex’s top floor and offers a spacious walk-in closet and a marble bathroom with a window in the shower that photogenically frames the peak of Aspen Mountain. Mark David, Robb Report, 4 Jan. 2024 At the apex of the building and up for sale for $42.5 million, a one-of-a-kind triplex combines two penthouses with four bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms dispersed across more than 7,800 square feet. Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2023 Finding that Trump inflated the value of his triplex at Trump Tower by between $114 and $207 million, Engoron called out Trump for describing the property as three times its actual size to support his valuation. Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2023 In East Los Angeles, Adams took control of a dilapidated triplex, sold it and tried to bill the estate $530,000 before an angry judge cut the amount by more than half. Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023 Kendall Roy’s Manhattan triplex located at 180 East 88th Street is currently on the market. Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 21 Apr. 2023
Adjective
Here's what experts say Rupert Murdoch is selling his triplex penthouse. Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2024 Prosecutors said Weisselberg lied about his role in valuing Trump's Fifth Avenue triplex apartment at three times its actual size. Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2024 The garden-level apartment can be accessed from within the triplex unit but can also operate as an independent two-bedroom and one-bath rental or guest apartment with a private outside entrance, an open-plan great room and kitchen, and French doors to a 40-foot-deep garden. Mark David, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2024 The attachment was a 1994 document, signed by Trump, that pegged his Trump Tower triplex at 10,996 square feet — not the 30,000 square feet later claimed for years on financial statements that were given to banks, insurers and others to make deals and secure loans. Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2023 The publication revealed in 2017 that Trump and his company had vastly misrepresented the size of his triplex apartment in Trump Tower. Graham Kates, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2024 Those looking for a sunlit aerie in the heart of downtown Manhattan may not need to further than this triplex penthouse. Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 18 Dec. 2023 The luxury high-rise, built by real estate tycoon Joe McMillan’s multidisciplinary construction, design, and investment firm DDG, is also where Jeremy Strong’s character Kendall Roy shacked up in a swanky triplex penthouse in the final season of the HBO series. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 Nov. 2023 Take, for example, Mr. Trump’s triplex apartment in Trump Tower. William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Latin, from tri- + -plex -fold — more at -fold

First Known Use

Noun

1571, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1655, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of triplex was in 1571

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Cite this Entry

“Triplex.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/triplex. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

triplex

1 of 2 adjective

triplex

2 of 2 noun
: something that has three parts (as an apartment with three floors)
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