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z_malloc's avatar

How do you pronounce 'tuple' ?

Asked by z_malloc (73points) December 10th, 2008

toople? tupple? typle?

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gailcalled's avatar

Never heard of it. A real word?

flyawayxxballoon's avatar

I’ve never heard of it either, unless you’re referring to the suffix.

flyawayxxballoon's avatar

Okay, so you’re referring to the suffix. I’m pretty sure that it’s pronounced “tupple,” as you suggested above, for example, quintuple.

gailcalled's avatar

How about quadruple? Not exactly the same but pronounced “quadroople” or “quadkopek.”

flyawayxxballoon's avatar

You make a good point, but I’m assuming that it’s similar to, say, quintuplets, in which case the “tuple” is pronounced “tupple.”

Jeruba's avatar

It’s a technical term, meaning that it does not have to exist in Real Word Land. In the high-tech company where I work, I hear it said as if it were tupple.

Knotmyday's avatar

What about “quaddenarii”? Often overlooked.

skfinkel's avatar

I would think it rhymes with “couple”

charliecompany34's avatar

what is the word’s origin?

richardhenry's avatar

I always said “tupple”.

AlfredaPrufrock's avatar

Like in quintuplet. rhymes with one-up-let.

eambos's avatar

Toop- leh

Tupple

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