double
adjective
1 adjective with two identical partsdúbailte adj3 a double album albam dúbailtedouble doors doirse dúbailte 2 adjective of letters, numbers: twoit's spelled with a double s litrítear é le dhá s, tá dhá s annsix, double seven, two a sé, a seacht, a seacht, a dóTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 adjective dual, twofolddhá faoi dhó dúbailte adj3 it was a double celebration ceiliúradh dúbailte a bhí annthe phrase has a double meaning tá an abairt débhríoch, tá dhá bhrí leis an abairtshe was a double Olympic champion bhí sí ina seaimpín Oilimpeach faoi dhó 4 adjective twice as muchdúbailte adj3 he ordered a double whiskey d'ordaigh sé uisce beatha dúbailte, d'ordaigh sé fuisce dúbailtedouble spacing spásáil dhúbailte, spásáil dhá líne 5 adjective twice as longdúbailte adj3 he has double maths tá rang dúbailte mata aige 6 adjective for two people/thingsdúbailte adj3 a double bedroom seomra leapa dúbailte
verb
7 verb fold sth in two TRANSITIVEdúbail verb fill verb she doubled it over d'fhill sí air féin é 8 verb repeat (letter) TRANSITIVEyou need to double the last letter caithfidh tú an litir dheiridh a chur isteach faoi dhó 9 verb become twice the size/amount INTRANSITIVEcrime has doubled in the last year tá an choireacht méadaithe faoi dhó le bliain anuas, tá a dhá oiread coireachta ann le bliain anuasthe airport has doubled in size tá dhá oiread spáis san aerfort 10 verb make sth twice the size/amount TRANSITIVEdúbail verb méadaigh faoi dhóthey doubled passenger numbers dhúbail siad líon na bpaisinéirí, mhéadaigh siad líon na bpaisinéirí faoi dhó 11 verb SPOR (in baseball) get to 2nd INTRANSITIVEdúbail verb adverb
12 adverb into two layersto fold cloth double éadach a dhúbailt, éadach a fhilleadh air féinhe was bent double with the pain bhí sé lúbtha ag an bpian 13 adverb of numbers: two timesfaoi dhó what's double 17? céard é 17 faoi dhó?; 17 faoi dhó, cad é sin? 14 adverb twice as much moneya dhá oiread it cost me double chosain sé a dhá oiread ormnoun
15 noun two victoriesthey're going for the double tá siad ag iarraidh buachan den dara huair as a chéile, tá siad ag iarraidh baint an dara huair i ndiaidh a chéile 16 noun MEAS shot of alcoholceann dúbailtemake mine a double beidh ceann dúbailte agamsa 17 noun roomseomra dúbailteseomra do bheirt 18 noun doppelgangerleathcheann masc1 it's either her or her double í féin atá ann nó duine atá díreach cosúil léi, í féin nó a cosúlacht atá ann, í féin nó a leathcheann atá annhe was the exact double of John leathcheann díreach Sheáin ba ea é, Seán ina steillbheatha a bhí ann 19 noun CINE actor's stand-inleathchúpla masc4 20 noun SPOR darts throwdúbailt fem2 21 noun GAMES dice throwdúbailt fem2 22 noun SPOR in baseballdúbailt fem2 23 noun HORSE, informal betdúbailt fem2 determiner
24 determiner twice as much/manyit's double the size of the last one tá sé a dhá oiread níos mó ná an ceann deireanach, tá sé dhá uair chomh mór leis an gceann deireanach