SportsAugust 17, 2026

treble

TREB-uhl

Definition

A set of three major honors or championships won by a sports team in a single season.

Etymology

Derived from the Old French 'treble' and the Latin 'triplus', meaning triple. It entered Middle English to describe something consisting of three parts or three times as much.

In the news

The article mentions that the last team to achieve a domestic treble in English football was Manchester City in the 2018/19 season, highlighting the difficulty of maintaining such dominance.

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