trio

trio

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English

Etymology

1715-25; borrowing from Italian trio.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɹi.əʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɹioʊ/
  • Rhymes: -iːəʊ

Noun

trio (plural trios)

  1. A group of three people or things.
  3. A group of three musicians.
  4. (music) A piece of music written for three musicians.
  5. (music) A passage in the middle of a minuet, frequently in a different key.
  6. Any cocktail made with a spirit, a liqueur, and a creamy ingredient.

Synonyms

  • (group of three): threesome, triad, trine, trinity, troika, triumvirate; see also Thesaurus:trio

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • solo - 1
  • duo - 2
  • triplet - 3
  • quartet - 4
  • quintet - 5
  • sextet - 6
  • Thesaurus:number

Anagrams

  • Tori, Troi, riot, roti, tiro, tori

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈtɾi.u]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtɾi.o]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian trio.

Noun

trio m (plural trios)

  1. (music) trio (a piece of music written for three musicians)
  2. (music) trio (a group of three musicians)
  3. threesome (an instance of sexual activity involving three people)

Etymology 2

Verb

trio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of triar

Further reading

  • “trio”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
  • “trio”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
  • “trio” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “trio” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

From Italian trio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtri.oː/
  • Hyphenation: trio

Noun

trio n (plural trio's, diminutive triootje n)

  1. trio, threesome, triad (group of three people or things)
    Synonym: drietal
  2. menage a trois, threesome (sex act, three people having sex together)

Derived terms

  • cabarettrio

Esperanto

Etymology

tri (“three”) +‎ -o

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtrio/
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: tri‧o

Noun

trio (accusative singular trion, plural trioj, accusative plural triojn)

  1. threesome, trio
    Synonym: triopo
  2. the digit or figure three

See also

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian trio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtrio/, [ˈt̪rio̞]
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Syllabification(key): tri‧o
  • Hyphenation(key): trio

Noun

trio

  1. trio

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “trio”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

  • irto-, orit, roti, tori

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁi.jo/

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Italian trio

Noun

trio m (plural trios)

  1. trio

Etymology 2

Noun

trio m (uncountable)

  1. Tiriyó (language)

Further reading

  • “trio”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtri.o/
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: trì‧o

Noun

trio m (plural trii)

  1. trio, threesome
  2. (music) trio
  3. (baby carriage system) travel system

Synonyms

  • terzetto
  • tripletta
  • triade

Related terms

  • tre

See also

baby carriage
  • carrozzina
  • passeggino

Anagrams

  • Tiro, irto, orti, otri, rito, roti, tiro, tirò, tori

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, turn”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtri.oː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt̪riː.o]

Noun

triō m (genitive triōnis); third declension

  1. a plow ox
  2. (chiefly in the plural) the constellation of the Wagon (Ursa Major and Ursa Minor)
    Synonym: septentriōnēs

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • septentriō

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English trio, French trio.

Noun

trio m (plural trios)

  1. (Jersey) trio

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

trio

  1. trio

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian trio.

Noun

trio m (definite singular trioen, indefinite plural trioer, definite plural trioene)

  1. trio (group of three musicians; piece of music for three instruments; group of three people)

References

  • “trio” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian trio.

Noun

trio m (definite singular trioen, indefinite plural trioar, definite plural trioane)

  1. trio (group of three musicians; piece of music for three instruments)

References

  • “trio” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian trio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtri.jɔ/, /ˈtrɘ.jɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ijɔ, -ɘjɔ
  • Syllabification: tri‧o

Noun

trio n

  1. (music) trio (group of three musicians)
    Synonym: tercet
  2. (music) trio (piece of music written for three musicians)
    Synonym: tercet
  3. trio (group of three people or things)
    Synonym: tercet

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • trio in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • trio in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian trio.

Noun

trio m (plural trios)

  1. trio (group of three people or things)
    Synonyms: trinca, terceto, tríade
Coordinate terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

trio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of triar

Further reading

  • “trio”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
  • “trio”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian trio or French trio.

Noun

trio n (plural triouri)

  1. trio

Declension

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

trio

  1. trio

Inflection

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “трио”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[4], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English try.

Verb

trio (first-person singular present triaf)

  1. to try
    Synonym: ceisio

Conjugation

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