trios

[tree-oh]

tri·o

[tree-oh]
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; < Italian, equivalent to tri- tri- + (du)o two
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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