trios
SayTREE-ohzUS/ˈtɹioʊz/UK/ˈtɹi.əʊz/
- 1Plural of trio.
Several string trios performed back to back at the festival.
The competition pitted rival comedy trios against one another.
Note
A plain -s plural with no -es, unlike potatoes or heroes. It carries every meaning of trio, so piano trios can be the ensembles or the works written for them. The trios of a set of minuets are their contrasting middle passages, and at a bar, trios are cream-based cocktails. Context settles which meaning is intended, and in writing about music the difference matters.
trios is a form of trio
trio, noun: A group of three people or things considered together as a unit. Full entry
- Forms
- triotrios plural
- Spelling
- trio → trios: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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