Tristan
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Tristan
- A male given name.
- 1978 Jim Harrison, Legends of the Fall, Dell (1994), ISBN 0385285965, 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.
- 1978 Jim Harrison, Legends of the Fall, Dell (1994), ISBN 0385285965, page 201:
- A knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend
Translations[edit]
male given name
Synonyms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Collins Dictionary. "Tristan". 2013. Accessed 29 August 2013.
- ^ American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed. "Tristan". 2000. Accessed 29 August 2013.
- ^ Merriam-Webster Online. "Tristan". 2013. Accessed 29 August 2013.
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Tristan m
- A male given name, cognate to English Tristan
Anagrams[edit]
German[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Tristan
- A male given name, cognate to English Tristan.
Old French[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Tristan m (nominative singular Tristans)
- A male given name, cognate to English Tristan
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Celtic languages
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English male given names from Celtic
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French male given names
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German male given names
- Old French lemmas
- Old French proper nouns
- Old French male given names
