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Plural of trio

regular plural

The plural of trio is trios.

Forms of trio

Singulartrio /ˈtɹi.əʊ/
Pluraltrios
Countablecountable

Trios in a sentence

  • I love his music, but it is a bit disconcerting to realize that you could die in extreme old age and still only be familiar with a mere handful of the baryton trios.2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 281
  • Despite their opus number, the Fantasiestücke were composed in 1842, the same year as the Piano Quartet and Quintet, and five years before the first two of the piano trios (the third followed in 1852).2021 May 6, Andrew Clements, “Schumann: The Piano Trios; Piano Quintet; Piano Quartet review – exuberance with refinement”, in The...
  • By using an echoplex Ellis was able to play highly effective solos, duets, and trios in a surrealistic manner by himself.2001, Bob Yurochko, A Short History of Jazz, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 175. From the entry echoplex
  • In genres like keyboard sonatas, piano trios and songs, where manuscript circulation was light, there were relatively few spuriosities.1983, John Spitzer, Authorship and Attribution in Western Art Music (unpublished Ph.D. dissertation), Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University…. From the entry spuriosity

Meaning of trio

  1. noun A group of three people or things.
  2. noun A group of three musicians.
  3. noun A piece of music written for three musicians.

Full definition of trio

Questions about the plural of trio

What is the plural of trio?
The plural of trio is trios.
Is trio countable?
Trio is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trio (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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