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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

trio

Pronunciation / Transliteration: trio

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Trio/ˈtriː.oʊ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O trio apresentou uma bela música."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A group of three people or things.

    "The trio performed beautifully at the concert."
  2. 2

    A musical composition for three instruments or voices.

    "The composer wrote a lovely trio for piano, violin, and cello."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Italian word 'trio', which stems from the Latin 'tres' (three). It entered the English musical and general vocabulary in the late 17th century to denote a group of three performers, later expanding to any group of three people or things.

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