triste
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English trist, triste (-e form is less common), borrowed from Old French trist, triste,[1] from Latin trīstis (“sad, sorrowful”). Re-borrowed late 18c. (as “dull, uninteresting”) as a French word in English and often spelled triste.[2]
Adjective[edit]
triste (comparative more triste, superlative most triste)
- (rare) Sad; sorrowful; gloomy.
- 1877, R. Elton Smilie, chapter XXIX, in The Manatitlans; or A Record of Scientific Explorations in the Andean La Plata, S. A., Buenos Ayres: Calla Derécho, Imprenta De Razon, pages 399–400:
- He said, he wanted them to take us to Heraclea that we might be educated so that we would be always good, and could be present with him and mamma although absent in body, which would keep them from feeling sad and lonely. But we could see that mamma and he were very, very triste. This made us sorry. So he talked to us of all you had written of the happiness of the people here, because they were truly good and pure in their love toward each other, without selfish concealments; then we were glad and wanted to be with you.
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Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
triste (plural tristes)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “triste”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
References[edit]
- ^ “trist(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007: “OF trist & triste.”
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “triste”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading[edit]
- “triste”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “triste”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- triste at OneLook Dictionary Search
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Danish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
triste
- plural and definite singular attributive of trist
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French triste, borrowed from Latin trīstis, from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis. Old French originally had trist, inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from the same source.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
triste (plural tristes)
- sad
- Synonyms: chagriné, déçu, désappointé, désenchanté, malheureux
- Antonyms: béat, bienheureux, comblé, content, enchanté, épanoui, gai, heureux, joyeux, ravi, réjoui, satisfait
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Louisiana Creole: tris
- → Danish: trist
- → Dutch: triest
- → English: triste
- → Norwegian Bokmål: trist
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: trist
- → Swedish: trist
- → German: trist
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “triste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese triste, from Latin trīstis, from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis.
Adjective[edit]
triste m or f (plural tristes)
Antonyms[edit]
- (sad, unhappy): alegre
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German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Adjective[edit]
triste
- inflection of trist:
Interlingua[edit]
Adjective[edit]
triste (comparative plus triste, superlative le plus triste)
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Likely borrowed from Latin trīstis, from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis. Compare tristo, inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from the same source.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
triste (plural tristi, superlative tristissimo)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- triste in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adverb[edit]
trīste (not comparable)
Etymology 2[edit]
Adjective[edit]
trīste
References[edit]
- “triste”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “triste”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- triste in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) an evil omen; presage of ill: omen infaustum, triste
- (ambiguous) an evil omen; presage of ill: omen infaustum, triste
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French triste, from Latin trīstis, from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis.
Adjective[edit]
triste m or f
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Adjective[edit]
triste
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Adjective[edit]
triste
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
triste m (oblique and nominative feminine singular triste)
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese triste, from Latin trīstis (perhaps borrowed), from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
triste m or f (plural tristes, comparable, comparative mais triste, superlative o mais triste or tristíssimo, diminutive tristinho, augmentative tristão)
- (of a person) sad; unhappy; down
- Eles estavam tristes porque o inverno começou. ― They were sad because winter had begun.
- Synonym: infeliz
- (of something) sad (causing sadness)
- Era um filme bastante triste. ― It was quite a sad film.
- (of a person) disappointed
- Estou muito triste com você. ― I’m really disappointed with you.
- Synonyms: decepcionado, desapontado
- (of a situation) lamentable; pitiful
- A situação das escolas é triste. ― The situation of the schools is lamentable.
- Synonyms: vergonhoso, lamentável
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Romanian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
triste f pl or n pl
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Likely borrowed from Latin trīstis, from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis. Compare the Old Spanish form tristo, inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
triste (plural tristes, superlative tristísimo)
- sad, saddened, blue, gloomy, unhappy, joyless, triste
- dismal, dreary, glum, miserable, melancholy
- sorrowful, mournful
- forlorn
- upsetting, saddening
- dull
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading[edit]
- “triste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
triste
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