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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τρίστιχος (trístikhos), derived from τρι- (tri-, “three”) + στίχος (stíkhos, “line, series”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
tristico (feminine tristica, masculine plural tristici, feminine plural tristiche)
- (poetry) consisting of three lines (of a stanza)
- Hypernym: strofa
- (botany) tristichous
Noun
tristico m (plural tristici)
- (poetry) tercet
- Synonym: terzina
- Coordinate terms: monostico, distico, tetrastico
Further reading
- tristico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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