Dictionary

trilogy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈtɹɪləd͡ʒi/

Etymology

PIE word *tréyes Learned borrowing from Latin trilogia, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek τριλογία (trilogía, “trilogy”). Morphologically from tri- + -logy.

Meanings

1. A set of three connected works—usually dramas, literary pieces, films, or musical compositions—all related by theme, characters, or setting.
   • That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations. 2012 March 22, Scott Tobias, “The Hunger Games”, in AV Club:
   • Daisy Ridley has reawakened the debate over “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’s” biggest reveal, saying that the character of Rey’s lineage wasn’t clear to her even partway through filming the final chapter of the trilogy. 2020 September 9, Brian Lowry, “Daisy Ridley reawakens the ‘Star Wars’ debate over Rey’s lineage”, in CNN:

Forms

Deriveds

trilogic · trilogical · trilogize · thrillogy · trilogist · Daubert trilogy · treelogy

Relateds

ennealogy · hexalogy · octalogy · tetralogy · dilogy · decalogy · pentalogy · polylogy (2+) · heptalogy

Translations (38)

la trilogia (collection of three works) · pl trójksiąg (collection of three works) · nn trilogi (collection of three works) · fr trilogie (collection of three works) · yi טרילאָגיע (collection of three works) · hu trilógia (collection of three works) · is þríleikur (collection of three works) · gl triloxía (collection of three works) · is trílógía (collection of three works) · es trilogía (collection of three works) · fo tríleikur (collection of three works) · ar ثُلَاثِيَّة (collection of three works) · de Trilogie (collection of three works) · eo trilogio (collection of three works) · ja 三部作 (collection of three works) · nb trilogi (collection of three works) · pl trylogia (collection of three works) · el τριλογία (collection of three works) · sv trilogi (collection of three works) · tr triloji (collection of three works) · hy եռապատում (collection of three works) · tr üçleme (collection of three works) · fo tríverk (collection of three works) · nl trilogie (collection of three works) · ru трило́гия (collection of three works) · fo trilogi (collection of three works) · bg трило́гия (collection of three works) · ko 삼부작 (collection of three works) · cmn 三部曲 (collection of three works) · da trilogi (collection of three works) · he טרילוגיה (collection of three works) · ms trilogi (collection of three works) · fi trilogia (collection of three works) · pt trilogia (collection of three works) · oc trilogia (collection of three works) · it trilogia (collection of three works) · nl drieluik (collection of three works) · ca trilogia (collection of three works)