doubles

See also: Doubles, doublés, Doublés, double s, double S, and double-s

English

A Japanese pair playing mixed doubles table tennis

Pronunciation

Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

doubles

plural of double

Noun

doubles

(sports, plural only) a game between pairs of players
Seeing as we've got four people, let's play doubles.
(campanology, plural only) bell changes rung on five bells
A quarter peal of plain bob doubles was rung.
A sandwich of Trinidad and Tobago, made with two bara (flat fried bread) filled with curried chickpeas.

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Japanese: ダブルス (daburusu)

Translations

a game between pairs of players

Catalan: dobles (ca) m pl
Czech: čtyřhra f
Finnish: nelinpeli
Hungarian: páros (hu)
Irish: cluiche dúbailte m
Japanese: ダブルス (ja) (daburusu)
Maori: tokowhā, pirirua, takirua
Polish: debel (pl) m

Verb

doubles

third-person singular simple present indicative of double
The population doubles every ten minutes.

Anagrams

bloused, bolused, dobules

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dubl/
Audio (file)

Adjective

doubles

plural of double

Noun

doubles m

plural of double

Verb

doubles

second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of doubler

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