name
Meaning 1
Alternative form of Tiriyó.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
trio
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɹi.əʊ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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US: /ˈtɹioʊ/
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rhymes with -iːəʊ
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CMU ARPABET: T R IY1 OW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A group of three people or things.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A group of three musicians.
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noun
Meaning 4
A piece of music written for three musicians.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 5
A passage in the middle of a minuet, frequently in a different key.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 6
Any cocktail made with a spirit, a liqueur, and a creamy ingredient.
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noun
Meaning 7
Synonym of three-in-one (“type of fast food”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: three-in-one
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
Synonym of tierce.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: card-games, games
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Synonyms: tierce
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
Alternative form of Tiriyó.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
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noun
Meaning 10
a musical composition for three performers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music
noun
Meaning 11
three people considered as a unit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: threesome, triad, trinity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gathering, assemblage
Narrower terms: triumvirate
noun
Meaning 12
a set of three similar things considered as a unit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: triad, triplet, triple
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: set
Narrower terms: trilogy, triplicity, trigon, Trimurti
noun
Meaning 13
three performers or singers who perform together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: musical organization, musical organisation, musical group
noun
Meaning 14
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: three, 3, III, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-ace
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: digit, figure
History
Etymology
PIE word *tréyes 1715-25; borrowing from Italian trio.
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: triopo — group of three people or things
- Finnish: trio — group of three people or things
- Georgian: ტრიო (ṭrio) — group of three people or things
- Georgian: სამეული (sameuli) — group of three people or things
- Japanese: 三つ組 (mitsugumi) — group of three people or things
- Japanese: 三人組 (sanningumi) — group of three people or things
- Malayalam: മൂവർ (mūvaṟ) — group of three people or things
- Māori: takitoru — group of three people or things
- Māori: tokotoru — group of three people or things
- Māori: tōtoru — group of three people or things
- Polish: tercet — group of three people or things
- Polish: trio — group of three people or things
- Portuguese: trio — group of three people or things
- Romanian: trio — group of three people or things
- Russian: три́о (trío) — group of three people or things
- Russian: тро́йка (trójka) — group of three people or things
- Russian: тро́е (tróje) — group of three people or things
- Northern Sami: golmmas — group of three people or things
- Spanish: trío — group of three people or things
- Tamil: மூவர் (mūvar) — group of three people or things
- Welsh: triawd — group of three people or things
- Chinese Mandarin: 三重唱 (sānchóngchàng) — group of three musicians
- Chinese Mandarin: 三重奏 (sānchóngzòu) — group of three musicians
- Czech: trio — group of three musicians
- Esperanto: triopo — group of three musicians
- Finnish: trio — group of three musicians
- Finnish: tertsetti — group of three musicians
- French: trio — group of three musicians
- Georgian: ტრიო (ṭrio) — group of three musicians
- German: Dreiergruppe — group of three musicians
- German: Trio — group of three musicians
- Italian: trio — group of three musicians
- Japanese: 三重唱 (sanjūshō) — group of three musicians
- Japanese: 三重奏 (sanjūsō) — group of three musicians
- Japanese: トリオ (torio) — group of three musicians
- Korean: 삼중주 (samjungju) — group of three musicians
- Polish: tercet — group of three musicians
- Polish: trio — group of three musicians
- Russian: три́о (trío) — group of three musicians
- Spanish: trío — group of three musicians
- Welsh: triawd — group of three musicians
- Czech: trio — a piece of music written for three musicians
- Dutch: trio — a piece of music written for three musicians
- Esperanto: trio — a piece of music written for three musicians
- Finnish: trio — a piece of music written for three musicians
- French: trio — a piece of music written for three musicians
- German: Trio — a piece of music written for three musicians
- Italian: trio — a piece of music written for three musicians
- Polish: trio — a piece of music written for three musicians
- Spanish: trío — a piece of music written for three musicians
- Dutch: trio — passage in the middle of minuet
- Finnish: trio — passage in the middle of minuet
- French: trio — passage in the middle of minuet
- German: Terzett — passage in the middle of minuet
- Italian: trio — passage in the middle of minuet
- Spanish: trío — passage in the middle of minuet
- Swedish: trio — passage in the middle of minuet