A quartet has one more member than a trio.
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Trio
//ˈtɹi.əʊ//
Synonyms for "trio" (209 found)
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common effortcommon enterprisecommunalismcommunismcommunitarianismcommunitycomplicitycompositionconcertconcert bandconcordconcordanceconcurrencecooperationcooperativenessdescantdesksdeuce-acedixieland bandduet
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duettinoduoduumvirateecumenicalismecumenicismecumenismelectronic musicensembleensemble musicensemble singingespritesprit de corpsetudeexercisefellow feelingfellowshipgamelan orchestragerman bandgroupharmonizationharmonyincidental musicinstrumental musicinventionjazz bandjoining of forcesjoint effortjoint operationjug bandleashmass actionmilitary bandmoralemutual assistancemutualismmutualitynachtmusiknocturneoctetopus
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orchestraorchestrationpart musicpart singingpart songphilharmonicpiecepolyphonic musicpoolingpooling of resourcesproductionprogram musicpulling togetherquartetquintetragtime bandreciprocityricercarrock-and-roll groupscore
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septetseptuorsestetset of threesextetshamrockskiffle bandsolidaritysonatasonatinasteel bandstreet bandstring bandstring choirstring orchestrastring quartetstringsstudyswing bandsymbiosissymphonysymphony orchestrasynergismsynergyteam spiritteamworktercetternaryternionterzetterzettotheme and variationstiercetrefoiltreytriadtrialoguetriangletricorntridenttrienniumtrihedrontrilogytrimestertrinetrinitytrinomialtriphthongtripletriple crowntriple threattriplettriplextriplopytripodtriptychtriremetrisemetriskeliontrisultriumviratetriunetriunitytrivettroikaunited actionvariationwaitswoodwindwoodwind choirwoodwind quartetwoodwindswork
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15 entriesTranslations
57 translations across 22 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 三重唱 noun (group of three musicians)
- 三重奏 noun (group of three musicians)
Czech
2 entries- trio noun (group of three musicians)
- trio noun (a piece of music written for three musicians)
Dutch
2 entries- trio noun (a piece of music written for three musicians)
- trio noun (passage in the middle of minuet)
Esperanto
3 entries- trio noun (a piece of music written for three musicians)
- triopo noun (group of three people or things)
- triopo noun (group of three musicians)
Finnish
4 entries- tertsetti noun (group of three musicians)
- trio noun (group of three people or things)
- trio noun (group of three musicians)
- trio noun (a piece of music written for three musicians)
French
3 entries- trio noun (group of three musicians)
- trio noun (a piece of music written for three musicians)
- trio noun (passage in the middle of minuet)
Georgian
3 entries- სამეული noun (group of three people or things)
- ტრიო noun (group of three people or things)
- ტრიო noun (group of three musicians)
German
4 entries- Dreiergruppe noun (group of three musicians)
- Terzett noun (passage in the middle of minuet)
- Trio noun (group of three musicians)
- Trio noun (a piece of music written for three musicians)
Italian
3 entries- trio noun (group of three musicians)
- trio noun (a piece of music written for three musicians)
- trio noun (passage in the middle of minuet)
Japanese
4 entries- トリオ noun (group of three musicians)
- 三つ組 noun (group of three people or things)
- 三人組 noun (group of three people or things)
- 三重唱 noun (group of three musicians)
Korean
1 entries- 삼중주 noun (group of three musicians)
Malayalam
1 entries- മൂവർ noun (group of three people or things)
Māori
3 entries- takitoru noun (group of three people or things)
- tokotoru noun (group of three people or things)
- tōtoru noun (group of three people or things)
Northern Sami
1 entries- golmmas noun (group of three people or things)
Polish
4 entries- tercet noun (group of three people or things)
- tercet noun (group of three musicians)
- trio noun (group of three people or things)
- trio noun (group of three musicians)
Portuguese
1 entries- trio noun (group of three people or things)
Romanian
1 entries- trio noun (group of three people or things)
Russian
4 entries- три́о noun (group of three people or things)
- три́о noun (group of three musicians)
- тро́е noun (group of three people or things)
- тро́йка noun (group of three people or things)
Spanish
4 entries- trío noun (group of three people or things)
- trío noun (group of three musicians)
- trío noun (a piece of music written for three musicians)
- trío noun (passage in the middle of minuet)
Swedish
1 entries- trio noun (passage in the middle of minuet)
Tamil
1 entries- மூவர் noun (group of three people or things)
Welsh
2 entries- triawd noun (group of three people or things)
- triawd noun (group of three musicians)
Sample sentences
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Some people believe in the trio of science, religion, and magic.
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That trio has already put out five albums.
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The trio parachuted to Earth in the steppe of Kazakhstan.
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