tristesse

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.3 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From French tristesse

[edit] Noun

tristesse (uncountable)

1. (literary) sadness
   • 2007 January 14, Martin Amis, quoted by Liesl Schillinger, “Siberian Fields”, New York Times:

     “The peculiar resonance of his postcoital tristesse, for example.”

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

tristesse

1. sadness

   La tristesse durera

[edit] See also

• triste