triste

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin tristis (“sad, sorrowful”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /trɪst/, X-SAMPA: /trIst/

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• Homophones: trist, tryst
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Adjective

triste

1. (rare) sad

Noun

triste (plural tristes)

1. (UK, dialect) A cattle fair.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Anagrams

• sitter, Tetris, titers, titres

External links

• triste in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• triste in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• triste at OneLook Dictionary Search

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tristis.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʁist/, X-SAMPA: /tRist/

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• Homophone: tristes
• Hyphenation: triste

Adjective

triste (masculine and feminine, plural tristes)

1. sad

Synonyms

• chagriné
• déçu
• désappointé
• désenchanté
• malheureux

Antonyms

• béat
• comblé
• content
• enchanté
• épanoui
• gai
• heureux, bienheureux
• joyeux
• ravi
• réjoui
• satisfait

Derived terms

• attrister
• tristement
• tristesse

See also

• maussade
• morne
• misérable
• lamentable

Anagrams

• titres

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Galician

Adjective

triste m and f (plural tristes)

1. sad, unhappy

Antonyms

• (sad, unhappy): alegre

Related terms

• tristeza

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German

Adjective

triste

1. inflected form of trist

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin trīstis.

Adjective

triste m, f (masculine and feminine plural tristi)

1. sad, unhappy

Antonyms

• allegro

Related terms

• tristemente
• tristezza
• tristizia
• tristo

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Latin trīstis, from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis.

Adjective

triste (epicene, plural tristes)

1. sad

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Latin

Adjective

trīste

1. nominative neuter singular of trīstis
2. accusative neuter singular of trīstis
3. vocative neuter singular of trīstis

Adverb

trīste (not comparable)

1. sadly

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Old French

Adjective

triste m, f

1. sad

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin trīstis.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA: /ˈtɾiʃtɨ/

Adjective

triste m and f (plural tristes; comparable)

1. Feeling sorrow; sad; unhappy.

Inflection

  Inflection of the Portuguese adjective triste

• Adjectives with this inflection include: doente, elegante, prudente.

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
positive	triste		tristes
comparative	mais triste		mais tristes
superlative	o mais triste tristíssimo	a mais triste tristíssima	os mais tristes tristíssimos	as mais tristes tristíssimas

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈtris.te]

Adjective

triste

1. feminine pluralnominative form of trist
2. feminine pluralaccusative form of trist
3. neuter pluralnominative form of trist
4. neuter pluralaccusative form of trist

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin trīstis.

Adjective

triste m and f (plural tristes)

1. sad
2. joyless

Antonyms

• alegre

Derived terms

• tristemente
• tristeza f
• tristón / tristona
• entristecer

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Swedish

Adjective

triste

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of trist.