trist

See also: třišť and tříšť

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹɪst/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪst

Etymology 1

Apparently related to trust.

Noun

trist (plural trists)

1. (obsolete) Trust, faith.

Verb

trist (third-person singular simple present trists, present participle tristing, simple past and past participle tristed)

1. (obsolete) To trust, have faith in.

Etymology 2

From Old French triste. Compare tryst.

Noun

trist (plural trists)

1. (obsolete) A set station in hunting.
2. (obsolete, form of tryst) (secret meeting).
   • 1543, anonymous, Howard Papers, letter dated September 1543

     George Douglas […] caused a trist to be set between him and the cardinal and four lords; at the which trist he and the cardinal agreed finally.

Etymology 3

Adjective

trist (comparative more trist, superlative most trist)

1. Alternative form of triste (“sad; sorrowful; gloomy”).
   • 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “The Thirteenth Booke of Godfrey of Bulloigne”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC, stanza 29, page 240:

     A bitter ſorrow by the hart him bit, / Amas’d, aſham’d, diſgras’d, ſad, ſilent, triſt, [...]

Anagrams

• ritts, trits

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *trist, from Latin trīstis. Compare Welsh trist, French triste.

Adjective

trist

1. sad

Derived terms

• tristidigezh

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan trist, from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis. Compare Occitan triste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtɾist]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

trist (feminine trista, masculine plural trists or tristos, feminine plural tristes)

1. sad, unhappy

   Antonyms: feliç, alegre

Derived terms

• tristesa
• tristament
• entristir

References

• “trist”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “trist”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “trist” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “trist” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cornish

Etymology

From Latin trīstis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /triːst/

Adjective

trist

1. sad, mournful

References

• [1] in Gerlyver Kernewek
• Gerlyver Meur, 3rd Edition, 2020

Dalmatian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis.

Adjective

trist

1. sad

Danish

Etymology

From Latin tristis, via French triste and German trist.

Adjective

trist (neuter trist, plural and definite singular attributive triste)

1. sad

   Synonyms: nedtrykt, bedrøvet

   Antonym: glad

2. (of a situation) sad

Inflection

Inflection of trist

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	trist	mere trist	mest trist2
indefinite neuter singular	trist	mere trist	mest trist2
plural	triste	mere trist	mest trist2
definite attributive1	triste	mere trist	mest triste

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

References

• “trist” in Den Danske Ordbog

Friulian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis. Compare Italian tristo.

Adjective

trist

1. bad, wicked, evil, malevolent

Synonyms

• cjâtif
• malcreât
• necuitôs

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French triste. Ultimately from Latin trīstis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɪst/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adjective

trist (strong nominative masculine singular trister, comparative trister, superlative am tristesten)

1. dull
2. miserable
3. sad

Declension

Positive forms of trist

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist trist	sie ist trist	es ist trist	sie sind trist
strong declension (without article)	nominative	trister	triste	tristes	triste
	genitive	tristen	trister	tristen	trister
	dative	tristem	trister	tristem	tristen
	accusative	tristen	triste	tristes	triste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der triste	die triste	das triste	die tristen
	genitive	des tristen	der tristen	des tristen	der tristen
	dative	dem tristen	der tristen	dem tristen	den tristen
	accusative	den tristen	die triste	das triste	die tristen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein trister	eine triste	ein tristes	(keine) tristen
	genitive	eines tristen	einer tristen	eines tristen	(keiner) tristen
	dative	einem tristen	einer tristen	einem tristen	(keinen) tristen
	accusative	einen tristen	eine triste	ein tristes	(keine) tristen

Comparative forms of trist

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist trister	sie ist trister	es ist trister	sie sind trister
strong declension (without article)	nominative	tristerer	tristere	tristeres	tristere
	genitive	tristeren	tristerer	tristeren	tristerer
	dative	tristerem	tristerer	tristerem	tristeren
	accusative	tristeren	tristere	tristeres	tristere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der tristere	die tristere	das tristere	die tristeren
	genitive	des tristeren	der tristeren	des tristeren	der tristeren
	dative	dem tristeren	der tristeren	dem tristeren	den tristeren
	accusative	den tristeren	die tristere	das tristere	die tristeren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein tristerer	eine tristere	ein tristeres	(keine) tristeren
	genitive	eines tristeren	einer tristeren	eines tristeren	(keiner) tristeren
	dative	einem tristeren	einer tristeren	einem tristeren	(keinen) tristeren
	accusative	einen tristeren	eine tristere	ein tristeres	(keine) tristeren

Superlative forms of trist

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist am tristesten	sie ist am tristesten	es ist am tristesten	sie sind am tristesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	tristester	tristeste	tristestes	tristeste
	genitive	tristesten	tristester	tristesten	tristester
	dative	tristestem	tristester	tristestem	tristesten
	accusative	tristesten	tristeste	tristestes	tristeste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der tristeste	die tristeste	das tristeste	die tristesten
	genitive	des tristesten	der tristesten	des tristesten	der tristesten
	dative	dem tristesten	der tristesten	dem tristesten	den tristesten
	accusative	den tristesten	die tristeste	das tristeste	die tristesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein tristester	eine tristeste	ein tristestes	(keine) tristesten
	genitive	eines tristesten	einer tristesten	eines tristesten	(keiner) tristesten
	dative	einem tristesten	einer tristesten	einem tristesten	(keinen) tristesten
	accusative	einen tristesten	eine tristeste	ein tristestes	(keine) tristesten

Synonyms

• trostlos, öde

Further reading

• “trist” in Duden online
• “trist” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Middle English

Noun

trist

1. alternative form of trest

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin tristis, via French triste and German trist.

Adjective

trist (neuter singular trist, definite singular and plural triste, comparative tristere, indefinite superlative tristest, definite superlative tristeste)

1. sad
2. depressing
3. (as an adverb) sadly

Derived terms

• tristhet

References

• “trist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin tristis, via French triste and German trist.

Adjective

trist (neuter singular trist, definite singular and plural triste, comparative tristare, indefinite superlative tristast, definite superlative tristaste)

1. sad
2. depressing
3. (as an adverb) sadly

References

• “trist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Adjective

trist m (feminine singular trista, masculine plural trists, feminine plural tristas)

1. sad

Derived terms

• atristar
• entristar
• entristesir
• entristir
• tristament
• tristesa
• tristor

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[2], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 320
• Joan de Cantalausa (2006), Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[3], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 998

Piedmontese

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis. Compare Italian tristo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrist/

Adjective

trist

1. sad

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trist/

• Audio:

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Adjective

trist m or n (feminine singular tristă, masculine plural triști, feminine/neuter plural triste)

1. sad

   Antonyms: fericit, bucuros, vesel

Declension

Declension of trist

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	trist		tristă		triști	triste
	definite	tristul		trista		triștii	tristele
genitive- dative	indefinite	trist		triste		triști	triste
	definite	tristului		tristei		triștilor	tristelor

Related terms

• tristețe

Romansh

Alternative forms

• trest (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis.

Adjective

trist m (feminine singular trista, masculine plural trists, feminine plural tristas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) sad

Antonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) allegher
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) legher
• (Puter, Vallader) alleger

Serbo-Croatian

Numeral

trist (Cyrillic spelling трист)

1. (colloquial) thirty

   Synonym: (Standard) trideset

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French triste, from Latin tristis.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

trist (comparative tristare, superlative tristast)

1. boring
2. not fun, bad, a pity

   Det var trist att höra att din kanin har dött

   I’m sorry to hear that your bunny died

Declension

Inflection of trist

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	trist	tristare	tristast
neuter singular	trist	tristare	tristast
plural	trista	tristare	tristast
masculine plural2	triste	tristare	tristast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	triste	tristare	tristaste
all	trista	tristare	tristaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

• “trist”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “trist”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “trist”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh trist, from Old Welsh trist, from Proto-Brythonic *trist, from Latin trīstis.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /triːsd/, [triːst]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /trɪsd/, [trɪst]
• Rhymes: -iːsd, -ɪsd

Adjective

trist (feminine singular trist, plural tristion, equative tristed, comparative tristach, superlative tristaf)

1. sad

   Synonyms: anhapus, prudd, galarus

Derived terms

• tristwch (“sadness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of trist

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
trist	drist	nhrist	thrist

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “trist”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “trist”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies