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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
tri·o       [tree-oh] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural tri·os.
1.a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
2.a company of three singers or players.
3.any group of three persons or things.
4.a subordinate division of a minuet, scherzo, march, etc., usually in a contrasted key and style (perhaps originally written for three instruments or in three parts).

[Origin: 1715–25; < It, equiv. to tri- tri- + (du)o two]
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
tri·o       (trē'ō)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. tri·os
  1. Music
    1. A composition for three voices or three instruments.
    2. A group of three singers or three instrumentalists.
    3. The middle, contrasting section of a minuet, scherzo, march, or various other forms.
  2. A group of three.


[French, composition for three voices, from Italian : tri-, three (from Latin; see trei- in Indo-European roots) + (du)o, duet; see duo.]

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
trio 
1724, from Fr. trio (c.1600), from It. trio, from tri- "three;" patterned on duo.

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trio

noun
1. the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one [syn: three
2. a musical composition for three performers 
3. three performers or singers who perform together 
4. a set of three similar things considered as a unit 
5. three people considered as a unit 

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Trio

Tri"o\, n. [It., fr. L. tres, tria, three: cf. F. trio, from the Italian. See Three.]

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.

American Heritage Abbreviations Dictionary 3rd Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
TRIO
Transplant Recipients International Organization

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