different between quintet vs trio

English

Alternative forms

• quintette

Etymology

From French quintette, from Italian quintetto, diminutive of quinto (“fifth”), itself from Latin quintus, related to qu?nque (“five”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kw?n?t?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

quintet (plural quintets)

1. (music) A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)
2. (music) A group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together
3. Any group of five members

Synonyms

• (group of five): pentad; see also Thesaurus:quintet

Translations

See also

• duo
• trio or triplet
• quartet
• sextet
• septet
• octet
• nonet
• chamber ensemble
• chamber orchestra

English

Etymology

1715-25; borrowing from Italian trio.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?i.??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?t?io?/
• Rhymes: -i???

Noun

trio (plural trios)

1. A group of three people or things.
3. A group of three musicians.
4. (music) A piece of music written for three musicians.
   • 2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador 2014, p. 281:

     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.

5. (music) A passage in the middle of a minuet, frequently in a different key.
6. Any cocktail made with a spirit, a liqueur, and a creamy ingredient.

Synonyms

• (group of three): threesome, triad, trine, trinity, troika, triumvirate; see also Thesaurus:trio

Translations

See also

• solo - 1
• duo - 2
• triplet - 3
• quartet - 4
• quintet - 5
• sextet - 6

Anagrams

• Tori, Troi, riot, roti, tiro, tori

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?t?i.o/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?t?i.u/

Etymology 1

From Italian trio.

Noun

trio m (plural trios)

1. (music) trio (a piece of music written for three musicians)
2. (music) trio (a group of three musicians)
3. threesome (an instance of sexual activity involving three people)

Etymology 2

Verb

trio

1. first-person singular present indicative form of triar

Further reading

• “trio” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “trio” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “trio” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “trio” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

From Italian trio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tri.o?/
• Hyphenation: trio

Noun

trio n (plural trio's, diminutive triootje n)

1. trio, threesome, triad (group of three people or things)

   Synonym: drietal

2. menage a trois, threesome (sex act, three people having sex together)

Derived terms

• cabarettrio

Esperanto

Etymology

tri (“three”) +? -o

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?trio/
• Hyphenation: tri?o
• Rhymes: -io
• Audio:

Noun

trio (accusative singular trion, plural trioj, accusative plural triojn)

1. threesome, trio

   Synonym: triopo

2. the digit or figure three

See also

Finnish

Noun

trio

1. trio

Declension

Derived terms

• triojäätelö

Anagrams

• irto-, orit, roti, tori

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?i.jo/

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Italian trio

Noun

trio m (plural trios)

1. trio

Etymology 2

Noun

trio m (uncountable)

1. Tiriyó (language)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tri.o/

Noun

trio m (plural trii)

1. trio, threesome
2. (music) trio
3. (baby carriage system) travel system

Synonyms

• terzetto
• tripletta
• triade

Related terms

• tre

See also

baby carriage

• carrozzina
• passeggino

Anagrams

• irto
• orti
• otri
• rito
• roti
• tiro, tirò
• tori

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *terh?- (“to rub, turn”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?tri.o?/, [?t??io?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?tri.o/, [?t??i??]

Noun

tri? m (genitive tri?nis); third declension

1. a plow ox
2. (chiefly in plural) the constellation of the Wagon (Ursa Major and Ursa Minor)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• septentri?

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English trio, French trio.

Noun

trio m (plural trios)

1. (Jersey) trio

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

trio

1. trio

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian trio.

Noun

trio m (definite singular trioen, indefinite plural trioer, definite plural trioene)

1. trio (group of three musicians; piece of music for three instruments; group of three people)

References

• “trio” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian trio.

Noun

trio m (definite singular trioen, indefinite plural trioar, definite plural trioane)

1. trio (group of three musicians; piece of music for three instruments)

References

• “trio” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Italian trio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tr?i.j?/

Noun

trio n

1. (music) trio (group of three musicians)

   Synonym: tercet

2. (music) trio (piece of music written for three musicians)

   Synonym: tercet

3. trio (group of three people or things)

   Synonym: tercet

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) triowy

Further reading

• trio in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• trio in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

trio m (plural trios)

1. trio (group of three people or things)

   Synonyms: trinca, terceto, tríade

Verb

trio

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of triar

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

trio

1. trio

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English try.

Verb

trio (first-person singular present triaf)

1. to try

   Synonym: ceisio

Conjugation

Mutation