trio
pronunciation
How to pronounce trio in British English:
UK [ˈtriːəʊ]
How to pronounce trio in American English:
US [ ˈtriːoʊ]
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- Noun:
- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- a musical composition for three performers
- three performers or singers who perform together
- a set of three similar things considered as a unit
- three people considered as a unit
Word Origin
- trio
- trio: see three
- trio (n.)
- 1724, "composition for three voices," from French trio (c. 1600), from Italian trio, from tri- "three" (see three); patterned on duo. Meaning "group of three persons" is from 1789.
Example
- 1. A trio of drummers showed up .
- 2. The most radical of the trio of earlier upheavals ended in complete defeat by 1852 .
- 3. The european commission is looking at the idea of creating a home-grown rating agency as a counterweight to the american trio .
- 4. A trio of inventions-the personal computer , the mobile phone and the internet-is democratising entrepreneurship at a cracking pace .
- 5. And he found something missing : a fourth basic circuit element besides the standard trio of resistor , capacitor and inductor .