How to pronounce trio
American English pronunciation
TREE-oh
- IPA
- /ˈtɹi.oʊ/
- Syllables
- TREE · oh (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What trio means
A group of three, often three musicians
In a sentence: A trio of ducks waddled across the path in a neat little line.
Where it comes from: It came into English between 1715 and 1725 from Italian, where it is built on the word for "three."
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