terzetto
English edit
Etymology edit
Italian terzetto, diminutive of Italian terzo (“the third”), from Latin tertius. See tierce.
Noun edit
terzetto (plural terzettos or terzetti)
- (music) A composition in three voice parts.
- (music) A vocal (or, rarely, instrumental) trio.
Synonyms edit
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “terzetto”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
terzetto m (plural terzetti)
- trio composed by three vocal parts