Meanings
plural trilogies
- 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 Club1 more example
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
Origin
- Ancient Greekτριλογία“trilogy”
- Latintrilogia
- Englishtrilogy
PIE word *tréyes Learned borrowing from Latin trilogia, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek τριλογία (trilogía, “trilogy”). Morphologically from tri- + -logy.
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Arabic ثُلَاثِيَّة
- ثُلَاثِيَّة (ṯulāṯiyya)collection of three works
Bulgarian трило́гия
- трило́гия (trilógija)collection of three works
Catalan trilogia
- trilogiacollection of three works
Chinese Mandarin 三部曲
- 三部曲 (sānbùqǔ)collection of three works
Danish trilogi
- trilogicollection of three works
Dutch trilogie, drieluik
- trilogiecollection of three works
- drieluikcollection of three works
Esperanto trilogio
- trilogiocollection of three works
Finnish trilogia
- trilogiacollection of three works
French trilogie
- trilogiecollection of three works
German Trilogie
- Trilogiecollection of three works
Greek τριλογία
- τριλογία (trilogía)collection of three works
Hebrew טרילוגיה
- טרילוגיהcollection of three works
Hungarian trilógia
- trilógiacollection of three works
Icelandic þríleikur, trílógía
- þríleikurcollection of three works
- trílógíacollection of three works
Italian trilogia
- trilogiacollection of three works
Japanese 三部作
- 三部作 (sanbusaku)collection of three works
Korean 삼부작
- 삼부작 (sambujak)collection of three works
Latin trilogia
- trilogiacollection of three works
Malay trilogi
- trilogicollection of three works
Norwegian Bokmål trilogi
- trilogicollection of three works
Polish trylogia, trójksiąg
- trylogiacollection of three works
- trójksiągcollection of three works
Portuguese trilogia
- trilogiacollection of three works
Russian трило́гия
- трило́гия (trilógija)collection of three works
Spanish trilogía
- trilogíacollection of three works
Swedish trilogi
- trilogicollection of three works
Turkish üçleme, triloji
- üçlemecollection of three works
- trilojicollection of three works
Yiddish טרילאָגיע
- טרילאָגיע (trilogye)collection of three works
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Cite this entry
trilogy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trilogy
“trilogy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trilogy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trilogy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trilogy.
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