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Webster 1913 Edition
Trio
1.
Three, considered collectively; three in company or acting together; a set of three; three united.
The
trio
were well accustomed to act together, and were linked to each other by ties of mutual interest. Dickens.
2.
(Mus.)
(a)
A composition for three parts or three instruments.
(b)
The secondary, or episodical, movement of a minuet or scherzo, as in a sonata or symphony, or of a march, or of various dance forms; – not limited to three parts or instruments.
Webster 1828 Edition
Trio
TRI'O
,Noun.
Definition 2025
Trio
trio
trio
English
Noun
trio (plural trios)
- A group of three people or things.
- A group of three musicians.
- (music) A piece of music written for three musicians.
- Any group of three people.
- (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
Translations
group of three people or things
group of three musicians
a piece of music written for three musicians
passage in the middle of minuet
See also
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: trio
Etymology
Noun
trio n (plural trio's, diminutive triootje n)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Esperanto
Etymology
Noun
trio (accusative singular trion, plural trioj, accusative plural triojn)
See also
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Finnish
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 | |
| instructive | — | trioin | |
| abessive | triotta | trioitta | |
| comitative | — | trioineen | |
Anagrams
Italian
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 tread”).
Noun
triō m (genitive triōnis); third declension
- a plow ox
- (chiefly in plural) the constellation of the Wagon (Ursa Major and Ursa Minor)
Inflection
Third declension.
| 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
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.
Veps
Noun
trio
Inflection
| Inflection of trio | |||
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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 | ? | 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 | ? | trioihesai | |
| terminative II | triolesai | trioilesai | |
| terminative III | triossai | — | |
| additive I | ? | 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