trilogy
/ˈtɹɪləd͡ʒi/
trilogy noun: a set of three connected works—usually dramas, literary pieces, films, or musical compositions—all related by theme, characters, or setting.
Noun
trilogy (plural trilogies)
- A set of three connected works—usually dramas, literary pieces, films, or musical compositions—all related by theme, characters, or setting.
- That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.2012 March 22, Scott Tobias, “The Hunger Games”, in AV Club
- Daisy Ridley has reawakened the debate over “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’s” biggest reveal, saying that the character of Rey’s lineage wasn’t clear to her even partway through filming the final chapter of the trilogy.2020 September 9, Brian Lowry, “Daisy Ridley reawakens the ‘Star Wars’ debate over Rey’s lineage”, in CNN
trilogy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
trilogy in Hindi
- त्रयी, त्रयोजी
trilogy in Tamil
- முத்தொகுப்பு
trilogy in Bengali
- ট্রিলজি
trilogy in Malayalam
- ട്രയലജി
More languagesFewer languages
- trilogy in Kannada
- ನಾಟಕ ತ್ರಯ, ಮೂರರ ಸಂಬಂಧದ ರಚನೆ
- trilogy in Punjabi
- ਤ੍ਰਯੀ
- trilogy in Gujarati
- ત્રયી, ટ્રાયોલોજી
- trilogy in Nepali
- ट्रिलोजी
- trilogy in Arabic
- ثُلَاثِيَّة ṯulāṯiyya
- trilogy in Malay
- trilogi
Examples of trilogy in a sentence
- I've plotted out a whole trilogy.
- We know what’s sprouting, but Mantel’s trilogy lets us imagine that it might all have been different.
- Still, the writer and director jokingly cautions that Serenity is not the start of a trilogy.
Forms of trilogy
| plural | trilogies |
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Origin of trilogy
PIE word *tréyes Learned borrowing from Latin trilogia, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek τριλογία (trilogía, “trilogy”). Morphologically from tri- + -logy.
Words formed from trilogy
- Daubert trilogy
- thrillogy
- treelogy
- trilogic
- trilogical
- trilogist
- trilogize
Questions about trilogy
- What does trilogy mean?
- Trilogy means a set of three connected works—usually dramas, literary pieces, films, or musical compositions—all related by theme, characters, or setting.
- What is trilogy in Hindi?
- Trilogy in Hindi is त्रयी, त्रयोजी. See Trilogy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is trilogy?
- Trilogy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce trilogy?
- Trilogy is pronounced /ˈtɹɪləd͡ʒi/.
- What is the plural of trilogy?
- The plural of trilogy is trilogies.
Words near trilogy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: trilogy (page history and authors); trilogy (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trilogy (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trilogy (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trilogy (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trilogy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); trilogy (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trilogy (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trilogy (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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