dupla

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin dupla.

Noun

dupla (plural duplas or duplae)

1. A form of bell used in some medieval clocks.

Anagrams

• plaud

Hiligaynon

Noun

dupla

1. saliva, spit, spittle

Hungarian

Hungarian numbers ^(edit)

	20
←  1	2	3  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: kettő, két     Nominal: kettes     Ordinal: második     Day of month: másodika     A.o.: másodszor, másodjára     Adverbial: kétszer     Multiplier: kétszeres, kettős, dupla     Distributive: kettesével     Collective: mindkét, mindkettő     Fractional: fél, ketted     Number of people: ketten

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dupla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈduplɒ]
• Hyphenation: dup‧la
• Rhymes: -lɒ

Adjective

dupla (not comparable)

1. double, twofold, duplicate

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	dupla	duplák
accusative	duplát	duplákat
dative	duplának	dupláknak
instrumental	duplával	duplákkal
causal-final	dupláért	duplákért
translative	duplává	duplákká
terminative	dupláig	duplákig
essive-formal	duplaként	duplákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	duplában	duplákban
superessive	duplán	duplákon
adessive	duplánál	dupláknál
illative	duplába	duplákba
sublative	duplára	duplákra
allative	duplához	duplákhoz
elative	duplából	duplákból
delative	dupláról	duplákról
ablative	duplától	dupláktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	dupláé	dupláké
non-attributive possessive – plural	dupláéi	duplákéi

Derived terms

• dupláz

Expressions

• dupla vagy semmi

Noun

dupla (plural duplák)

1. two shots of espresso

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	dupla	duplák
accusative	duplát	duplákat
dative	duplának	dupláknak
instrumental	duplával	duplákkal
causal-final	dupláért	duplákért
translative	duplává	duplákká
terminative	dupláig	duplákig
essive-formal	duplaként	duplákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	duplában	duplákban
superessive	duplán	duplákon
adessive	duplánál	dupláknál
illative	duplába	duplákba
sublative	duplára	duplákra
allative	duplához	duplákhoz
elative	duplából	duplákból
delative	dupláról	duplákról
ablative	duplától	dupláktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	dupláé	dupláké
non-attributive possessive – plural	dupláéi	duplákéi

Possessive forms of dupla

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	duplám	dupláim
2nd person sing.	duplád	dupláid
3rd person sing.	duplája	duplái
1st person plural	duplánk	dupláink
2nd person plural	duplátok	dupláitok
3rd person plural	duplájuk	dupláik

Further reading

• dupla in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• dupla in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.pla/
• Rhymes: -upla
• Hyphenation: dù‧pla

Adjective

dupla

1. feminine singular of duplo

Latin

Pronunciation

• dupla:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdʊ.pɫa]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈduː.pla]
• duplā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdʊ.pɫaː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈduː.pla]

Noun

dupla f (genitive duplae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) A form of bell used in medieval clocks.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dupla	duplae
genitive	duplae	duplārum
dative	duplae	duplīs
accusative	duplam	duplās
ablative	duplā	duplīs
vocative	dupla	duplae

Adjective

dupla

1. inflection of duplus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

duplā

1. ablative feminine singular of duplus

References

• "dupla", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Etymology

From duplo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.plɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.plɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.pla/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.plɐ/

• Hyphenation: du‧pla

Noun

dupla f (plural duplas)

1. pair, duo

   Synonym: duo

2. (tennis) doubles

Coordinate terms

Coeficiente	Substantivo	Resultado
1	único singular
2	dobro	dupla par dueto
3	triplo	trio trinca terceto tríade trindade
4	quádruplo	quarteto
5	quíntuplo	quinteto
6	sêxtuplo	sexteto
7	sétuplo séptuplo	septeto
8	óctuplo	octeto
9	nônuplo (Brazil) nónuplo (Portugal)	noneto novena
10	décuplo	dezena
11	undécuplo	onzena onzeno
12	duodécuplo	dúzia
100	cêntuplo	centena
muitos	múltiplo

Adjective

dupla

1. feminine singular of duplo

Further reading

• “dupla”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “dupla”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• duplo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdupla/ [ˈd̪u.pla]
• Rhymes: -upla
• Syllabification: du‧pla

Noun

dupla f (plural duplas)

1. duo
2. (sports) doubles

Further reading

• “duplo”, 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