trio
English
Etymology
PIE word |
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*tréyes |
1715-25; borrowing from Italian trio.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɹi.əʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɹioʊ/
- Rhymes: -iːəʊ
[a], [b], [c] ← 2 | 3 | 4 → |
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Cardinal: three Ordinal: third Latinate ordinal: tertiary Reverse order ordinal: third to last, third from last, last but two Latinate reverse order ordinal: antepenultimate Adverbial: three times, thrice Multiplier: threefold Latinate multiplier: triple Distributive: triply Group collective: trio, threesome Multipart 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)
- 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[1]:
- 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.
- A group of three musicians.
- (music) A piece of music written for three musicians.
- 2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 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.
- (music) A passage in the middle of a minuet, frequently in a different key.
- 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
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See also
Anagrams
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
trio m (plural trios)
- (music) trio (a piece of music written for three musicians)
- (music) trio (a group of three musicians)
- threesome (an instance of sexual activity involving three people)
Etymology 2
Verb
trio
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, 2024
- “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
Pronunciation
Noun
trio n (plural trio's, diminutive triootje n)
- 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.
- 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
Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
trio (accusative singular trion, plural trioj, accusative plural triojn)
See also
Playing cards in Esperanto · ludkartoj (layout · text) | ||||||
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aso | duo | trio | kvaro | kvino | seso | sepo |
oko | naŭo | deko | fanto, bubo | damo | reĝo | ĵokero |
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
trio
Declension
Inflection of trio (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | ||
abessive | triotta | trioitta | ||
instructive | — | trioin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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 2023-07-03
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
trio m (plural trios)
Etymology 2
Noun
trio m (uncountable)
- Tiriyó (language)
Further reading
- “trio”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
trio m (plural trii)
- trio, threesome
- (music) trio
- (baby carriage system) travel system
Synonyms
Related terms
See also
- baby carriage
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, turn”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtri.oː/, [ˈt̪rioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtri.o/, [ˈt̪riːo]
Noun
triō m (genitive triōnis); third declension
- a plow ox
- (chiefly in plural) the constellation of the Wagon (Ursa Major and Ursa Minor)
- Synonym: septentriōnēs
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | triō | triōnēs |
Genitive | triōnis | triōnum |
Dative | triōnī | triōnibus |
Accusative | triōnem | triōnēs |
Ablative | triōne | triōnibus |
Vocative | triō | triōnēs |
Derived terms
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from English trio, French trio.
Noun
trio m (plural trios)
Northern Sami
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Noun
trio m (definite singular trioen, indefinite plural trioer, definite plural trioene)
- trio (group of three musicians; piece of music for three instruments; group of three people)
References
- “trio” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
trio m (definite singular trioen, indefinite plural trioar, definite plural trioane)
- trio (group of three musicians; piece of music for three instruments)
References
- “trio” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
trio n
- (music) trio (group of three musicians)
- Synonym: tercet
- (music) trio (piece of music written for three musicians)
- Synonym: tercet
- 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
Etymology 1
Noun
trio m (plural trios)
Coordinate terms
Coeficiente | Substantivo | Resultado |
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1 | único singular |
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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/novena |
10 | décuplo | dezena |
11 | undécuplo | onzena/onzeno |
12 | duodécuplo | dúzia |
100 | cêntuplo | |
muitos | múltiplo |
Etymology 2
Verb
trio
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian trio or French trio.
Noun
trio n (plural triouri)
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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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 |
Veps
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
trio
Inflection
Inflection of trio (inflection type 1/ilo) | |||
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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][4], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
Welsh
Etymology
Verb
trio (first-person singular present triaf)
Conjugation
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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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 |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | tria i, triaf i | trii di | triith o/e/hi, triiff o/e/hi | trïwn ni | trïwch chi | trian nhw |
conditional | trïwn 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 | |||
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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. |
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