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Trio Pronunciation
Trio is pronounced TREE-oh, IPA /ˈtriˌoʊ/.
TREE-oh
US /ˈtriˌoʊ/ · UK /ˈtriːəʊ/
Syllables: TREE · oh (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: A group of three people or things, especially three musicians.
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Trio in a Sentence
- A jazz trio played in the corner all evening.
- The trio met at university.
- She wrote a trio for piano, violin, and cello.
Common Mispronunciations of Trio
Not TRY-oh
The i is the long ee of free, as it is in the Italian the word came from.
Not tree-OH
Give TREE the force, and oh slips out unstressed behind it.
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