Tristan

See also: Tristán

English

Etymology

Old French, the name of a knight, lover of Iseult in medieval romance Tristan and Iseult, from Celtic Drystan derived from drest meaning "riot" or "tumult".

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪstən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪstən
• (General American) enPR: trĭstən, trĭstän, trĭstăn

Proper noun

Tristan

1. A male given name from the Celtic languages.
   • 1978, Jim Harrison, Legends of the Fall, Dell, published 1994, →ISBN, page 201:

     After the first son had been properly named after the grandfather, the second caught the brunt of her few impulses, being named "Tristan", gleaned from medieval lore from her years at Wellesley.

   • 2012 May 17, James Herriot, All Creatures Great and Small: The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN:

     'His name is Tristan, by the way.' 'Tristan?' 'Yes. Oh, I should have told you. You must have wondered about my own queer name. It was my father. Great Wagnerian. It nearly ruled his life. It was music all the time – mainly Wagner.'

2. A knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend
3. A female given name.
4. Ellipsis of Tristan da Cunha.

Synonyms

• Tristram, Tristam (Arthurian hero)

Translations

male given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 特里斯坦 (Tèlǐsītǎn)

• Dutch: Tristan (nl)
• Faroese: Tristan m
• French: Tristan (fr)

  Old French: Tristan, Tristran

• German: Tristan (de)
• Greek: Τριστάνος (el) m (Tristános)
• Icelandic: Tristan (is) m
• Italian: Tristano (it)
• Old Occitan: Tristan
• Portuguese: Tristão
• Russian: Триста́н m (Tristán)
• Spanish: Tristán (es)
• Welsh: Trystan

Anagrams

• start in, transit, Transit, straint, startin'

Faroese

Etymology

Ultimately, from Old French Tristan.

Proper noun

Tristan m

1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Tristan: Tristansson
• daughter of Tristan: Tristansdóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Tristan
accusative	Tristan
dative	Tristani
genitive	Tristans

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁis.tɑ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Tristan m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Tristan
2. a French surname

Further reading

• filae.com

Anagrams

• tirants

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Tristan

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Tristan

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰrɪstan/

  Rhymes: -ɪstan

Proper noun

Tristan m (proper noun, genitive singular Tristans)

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Tristan (sg-only masculine)

indefinite singular
nominative	Tristan
accusative	Tristan
dative	Tristani
genitive	Tristans

Old French

Proper noun

Tristan m (nominative singular Tristans)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Tristan