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

Proper noun

Tristan

1. A male given name.
   • 1978 Jim Harrison, Legends of the Fall, Dell (1994), →ISBN, page 201:

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

2. A knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend
3. A female given name

Synonyms

• Tristram, Tristam (Arthurian hero)

Translations

male given name

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

  Old French: Tristan, Tristran

• German: Tristan (de)
• Greek: Τριστάνος m (Tristános)
• Icelandic: Tristan (is) m

• Italian: Tristano (it)
• Old Occitan: Tristan
• Portuguese: Tristão
• Russian: Триста́н m (Tristán)
• Spanish: Tristán (es)
• Welsh: Trystan

Anagrams

• startin', straint, transit

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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

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁistɑ̃/

Proper noun

Tristan m

1. A male given name, cognate to English Tristan

Anagrams

• tirants

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German

Proper noun

Tristan

1. A male given name, cognate to English Tristan.

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰrɪstan/

  Rhymes: -ɪstan

Proper noun

Tristan m

1. A male given name

Declension

declension of Tristan

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	Tristan	Tristaninn	Tristanar	Tristanarnir
accusative	Tristan	Tristaninn	Tristana	Tristanana
dative	Tristani	Tristaninum	Tristönum	Tristönunum
genitive	Tristans	Tristansins	Tristana	Tristananna

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Old French

Proper noun

Tristan m (nominative singular Tristans)

1. A male given name, cognate to English Tristan