terzetto

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

terzetto (plural terzettos or terzetti)

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

• terzet
• terzetta

• “terzetto”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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

terzetto m (plural terzetti)

1. trio composed by three vocal parts