noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈtɹɪləd͡ʒi/
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CMU ARPABET:T R IH1 L AH0 JH IY0
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A set of three connected works—usually dramas, literary pieces, films, or musical compositions—all related by theme, characters, or setting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a set of three literary or dramatic works related in subject or theme
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: trio, triad, triplet, triple
History
Etymology
PIE word *tréyes Learned borrowing from Latin trilogia, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek τριλογία (trilogía, “trilogy”). Morphologically from tri- + -logy.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
ثُلَاثِيَّة
(ṯulāṯiyya)
— collection of three works
Armenian:
եռապատում
(eṙapatum)
— collection of three works
Bulgarian:
трило́гия
(trilógija)
— collection of three works
Catalan:
trilogia
— collection of three works
Chinese Mandarin:
三部曲
(sānbùqǔ)
— collection of three works
Danish:
trilogi
— collection of three works
Dutch:
trilogie
— collection of three works
Dutch:
drieluik
— collection of three works
Esperanto:
trilogio
— collection of three works
Faroese:
tríverk
— collection of three works
Faroese:
tríleikur
— collection of three works
Faroese:
trilogi
— collection of three works
Finnish:
trilogia
— collection of three works
French:
trilogie
— collection of three works
Galician:
triloxía
— collection of three works
German:
Trilogie
— collection of three works
Greek:
τριλογία
(trilogía)
— collection of three works
Hebrew:
טרילוגיה
— collection of three works
Hungarian:
trilógia
— collection of three works
Icelandic:
þríleikur
— collection of three works
Icelandic:
trílógía
— collection of three works
Italian:
trilogia
— collection of three works
Japanese:
三部作
(sanbusaku)
— collection of three works
Korean:
삼부작
(sambujak)
— collection of three works
Latin:
trilogia
— collection of three works
Malay:
trilogi
— collection of three works
Norwegian Bokmål:
trilogi
— collection of three works
Norwegian Nynorsk:
trilogi
— collection of three works
Occitan:
trilogia
— collection of three works
Polish:
trylogia
— collection of three works
Polish:
trójksiąg
— collection of three works
Portuguese:
trilogia
— collection of three works
Russian:
трило́гия
(trilógija)
— collection of three works
Spanish:
trilogía
— collection of three works
Swedish:
trilogi
— collection of three works
Turkish:
üçleme
— collection of three works
Turkish:
triloji
— collection of three works
Yiddish:
טרילאָגיע
(trilogye)
— collection of three works
