trio

Other forms of trio

plural

trios·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about trio

What does trio mean?

trio means "the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in trio?

trio has 2 syllables: tri-o. The stress falls on "tri". In IPA it is /ˈtɹiˌoʊ/.

What is another word for trio?

Close synonyms include three, 3, III, threesome, tierce. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is trio a common word?

trio is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with trio?

35 words rhyme with trio. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.