trio

trio

See also: Trio, trío, and tríó

English

Etymology

PIE word
*tréyes

1715-25; borrowing from Italian trio.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹi.əʊ/

• Audio (UK)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹioʊ/
• Rhymes: -iːəʊ

English numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b], [c] ←  2	3	4  →
Cardinal: three     Ordinal: third     Latinate ordinal: tertiary     Adverbial: three times, thrice     Multiplier: threefold     Latinate multiplier: triple     Distributive: triply     Collective: trio, threesome     Multiuse collective: triplet     Greek or Latinate collective: triad     Greek collective prefix: tri-     Latinate collective prefix: tri-     Fractional: third     Latinate fractional prefix: trient-     Elemental: triplet     Greek prefix: trito-     Number of musicians: trio, triplet     Number of years: triennium

Noun

trio (plural trios)

1. A group of three people or things.
   • 2015, Kate Hardy, Bachelor at Her Bidding

     I'm cooking crab cakes with arugula and mayonnaise, griddled lamb with rosemary potatoes and buttered spinach, then a trio of desserts.

   • 2017 June 11, Ben Fisher, “England seal Under-20 World Cup glory as Dominic Calvert-Lewin strikes”, in the Guardian‎:

     These are exciting times for England and particularly for this group. Six of this side won the Under-17s European Championship in 2014 and the attacking trio from Everton and Liverpool – Ademola Lookman, Dominic Solanke and Calvert-Lewin – had an excellent tournament.

2. A group of three musicians.
3. (music) A piece of music written for three musicians.
   • 2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador 2014, p. 281:

     I love his music, but it is a bit disconcerting to realize that you could die in extreme old age and still only be familiar with a mere handful of the baryton trios.

4. (music) A passage in the middle of a minuet, frequently in a different key.
5. 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

Translations

group of three people or things

Esperanto: triopo (eo) Finnish: trio (fi) Georgian: ტრიო (ṭrio), სამეული (sameuli) Japanese: 三つ組 (mitsugumi) (things), 三人組 (sanningumi) (people) Malayalam: മൂവർ (mūvaṟ) Maori: takitoru, tokotoru, tōtoru Polish: tercet (pl) m, trio (pl) n Russian: три́о (ru) n (trío), тро́йка (ru) f (trójka), (collective) тро́е (ru) pl (tróje) Spanish: trío (es) m Welsh: triawd m

group of three musicians

Chinese: Mandarin: 三重唱 (zh) (sānchóngchàng) (vocal), 三重奏 (zh) (sānchóngzòu) (instrumental) Czech: trio (cs) n Esperanto: triopo (eo) Finnish: trio (fi), tertsetti (fi) French: trio (fr) m Georgian: ტრიო (ṭrio) German: Dreiergruppe (de) f, Trio (de) n Italian: trio (it) m Japanese: 三重唱 (さんじゅうしょう, sanjūshō) (vocal), 三重奏 (さんじゅうそう, sanjūsō) (instrumental), トリオ (torio) Polish: tercet (pl) m, trio (pl) n Russian: три́о (ru) n (trío) Spanish: trío (es) m Welsh: triawd m

a piece of music written for three musicians

Czech: trio (cs) n Dutch: trio (nl) n Esperanto: trio (eo) Finnish: trio (fi) French: trio (fr) m German: Trio (de) n Italian: trio (it) m Polish: trio (pl) n Spanish: trío (es) m

passage in the middle of minuet

Dutch: trio (nl) n Finnish: trio (fi) French: trio (fr) m German: Terzett n Italian: trio (it) m Spanish: trío (es) m Swedish: trio (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

Dutch: (please verify) trio (nl) n Galician: (please verify) trío (gl) m Italian: (please verify) trio (it) m

See also

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

Anagrams

• Tori, Troi, riot, roti, tiro, tori

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾi.o/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾi.u/

Etymology 1

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)

Verb

trio

1. first-person singular present indicative form of triar

Further reading

• “trio” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “trio”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “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.

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Dutch

Etymology

From Italian trio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtri.oː/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: trio

Noun

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

1. trio, threesome, triad (group of three people or things)

   Synonym: drietal

   De Duitse band Trio was een trio.

   The German band Trio was a triumvirate.

2. menage a trois, threesome (sex act, three people having sex together)

   De Duitse band Trio was geen trio.

   The German band Trio was not a menage a trois.

Derived terms

• cabarettrio

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Esperanto

Etymology

tri (“three”) +‎ -o

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrio]
• Audio:

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• 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

Playing cards in Esperanto · ludkartoj (layout · text)
aso	duo	trio	kvaro	kvino	seso	sepo
oko	naŭo	deko	fanto, bubo	damo	reĝo	ĵokero

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Finnish

Etymology

From Italian trio.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

trio

1. trio

Declension

Inflection of trio (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		trio	triot
genitive		trion	triojen
partitive		trioa	trioja
illative		trioon	trioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		trio	triot
accusative	nom.	trio	triot
	gen.	trion
genitive		trion	triojen
partitive		trioa	trioja
inessive		triossa	trioissa
elative		triosta	trioista
illative		trioon	trioihin
adessive		triolla	trioilla
ablative		triolta	trioilta
allative		triolle	trioille
essive		triona	trioina
translative		trioksi	trioiksi
instructive		—	trioin
abessive		triotta	trioitta
comitative		—	trioineen

Possessive forms of trio (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	trioni	triomme
2nd person	triosi	trionne
3rd person	trionsa

Derived terms

• triojäätelö

Anagrams

• irto-, orit, roti, tori

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.jo/

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Italian trio

Noun

trio m (plural trios)

1. trio

Noun

trio m (uncountable)

1. Tiriyó (language)

Further reading

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

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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

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.oː/, [ˈt̪rioː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.o/, [ˈt̪riːo]

Noun

triō m (genitive triōnis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	triō	triōnēs
Genitive	triōnis	triōnum
Dative	triōnī	triōnibus
Accusative	triōnem	triōnēs
Ablative	triōne	triōnibus
Vocative	triō	triōnēs

Derived terms

• septentriō

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Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English trio, French trio.

Noun

trio m (plural trios)

1. (Jersey) trio

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Northern Sami

Etymology

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

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, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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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.

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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.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian trio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtri.jɔ/, /ˈtrɨ.jɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ijɔ, -ɨjɔ
• 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

Declension of trio

	singular	plural
nominative	trio	tria
genitive	tria	triów
dative	triu	triom
accusative	trio	tria
instrumental	triem	triami
locative	triu	triach
vocative	trio	tria

Derived terms

adjective

• triowy

 

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Noun

trio m (plural trios)

1. trio (group of three people or things)

   Synonyms: trinca, terceto, tríade

Coordinate terms

Coeficiente	Substantivo	Resultado
1	único singular
2	dobro	dupla par duo
3	triplo	trio trinca terceto tríade
4	quádruplo	quarteto
5	quíntuplo	quinteto
6	sêxtuplo	sexteto
7	sétuplo séptuplo	septeto
8	óctuplo	octeto
9	nônuplo (Brazil) nónuplo (Portugal)	noneto
10	décuplo
11	undécuplo
12	duodécuplo
100	cêntuplo
muitos	múltiplo

Verb

trio

1. first-person singular present indicative of triar

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Romanian

Etymology

From Italian trio or French trio.

Noun

trio n (plural triouri)

1. trio

Declension

Declension of trio

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) trio	trioul	(niște) triouri	triourile
genitive/dative	(unui) trio	trioului	(unor) triouri	triourilor
vocative	trioule		triourilor

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Veps

Etymology

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

Noun

trio

1. trio

Inflection

Inflection of trio (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	trio
genitive sing.	trion
partitive sing.	triod
partitive plur.	trioid
	singular	plural
nominative	trio	triod
accusative	trion	triod
genitive	trion	trioiden
partitive	triod	trioid
essive-instructive	trion	trioin
translative	trioks	trioikš
inessive	trios	trioiš
elative	triospäi	trioišpäi
illative	trioho	trioihe
adessive	triol	trioil
ablative	triolpäi	trioilpäi
allative	triole	trioile
abessive	triota	trioita
comitative	trionke	trioidenke
prolative	triodme	trioidme
approximative I	trionno	trioidenno
approximative II	trionnoks	trioidennoks
egressive	trionnopäi	trioidennopäi
terminative I	triohosai	trioihesai
terminative II	triolesai	trioilesai
terminative III	triossai	—
additive I	triohopäi	trioihepäi
additive II	triolepäi	trioilepäi

References

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

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Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English try.

Verb

trio (first-person singular present triaf)

1. to try

   Synonym: ceisio

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	triaf	tri	tria	triwn	triwch	triant	trir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	triwn	trit	triai	triem	triech	trient	trid
preterite	triais	triaist	triodd	triasom	triasoch	triasant	triwyd
pluperfect	triaswn	triasit	triasai	triasem	triasech	triasent	triasid, triesid
present subjunctive	triwyf	triech	trio	triom	trioch	triont	trier
imperative	—	tria	tried	triwn	triwch	trient	trier
verbal noun	trio
verbal adjectives	triedig triadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	tria i, triaf i	tri di	trith o/e/hi, triff e/hi	triwn ni	triwch chi	trian nhw
conditional	triwn i, triswn i	triet ti, triset ti	triai fo/fe/hi, trisai fo/fe/hi	trien ni, trisen ni	triech chi, trisech chi	trien nhw, trisen nhw
preterite	triais i, tries i	triaist ti, triest ti	triodd o/e/hi	trion ni	trioch chi	trion nhw
imperative	—	tria	—	—	triwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
trio	drio	nhrio	thrio
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.