terzetto

English

Etymology

From Italian terzetto, diminutive of Italian terzo (“the third”), from Latin tertius. See tierce.

Noun

terzetto (plural terzettos or terzetti)

1. (music) A composition in three voice parts.
2. (music) A vocal (or, rarely, instrumental) trio.

Synonyms

• terzet

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /terˈt͡set.to/
• Rhymes: -etto
• Hyphenation: ter‧zét‧to

Noun

terzetto m (plural terzetti)

1. trio composed by three vocal parts