triste

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See also: Triste, triște, and třísté

English[edit]

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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)

  1. (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)

  1. (UK, dialect) (Can we verify(+) this sense?) A cattle fair.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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]

  1. ^ trist(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007: “OF trist & triste.”
  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “triste”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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Danish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

triste

  1. 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.

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triste (plural tristes)

  1. sad
    Synonyms: chagriné, déçu, désappointé, désenchanté, malheureux
    Antonyms: béat, bienheureux, comblé, content, enchanté, épanoui, gai, heureux, joyeux, ravi, réjoui, satisfait

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Descendants[edit]

  • Louisiana Creole: tris
  • Danish: trist
  • Dutch: triest
  • English: triste
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trist
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trist
  • Swedish: trist
  • German: trist

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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)

  1. sad, unhappy

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German[edit]

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triste

  1. inflection of trist:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Interlingua[edit]

Adjective[edit]

triste (comparative plus triste, superlative le plus triste)

  1. sad

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.

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triste (plural tristi, superlative tristissimo)

  1. sad, unhappy, bleak
    Antonym: allegro

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Further reading[edit]

  • triste in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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trīste (not comparable)

  1. sadly

Etymology 2[edit]

Adjective[edit]

trīste

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of trīstis

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

Norman[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French triste, from Latin trīstis, from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis.

Adjective[edit]

triste m or f

  1. (Jersey) sad

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Adjective[edit]

triste

  1. definite singular of trist
  2. plural of trist

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Adjective[edit]

triste

  1. definite singular of trist
  2. plural of trist

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin trīstis.

Adjective[edit]

triste m (oblique and nominative feminine singular triste)

  1. sad

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese triste, from Latin trīstis (perhaps borrowed), from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis.

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  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɾiʃ.ti/
  • Hyphenation: tris‧te

Adjective[edit]

triste m or f (plural tristes, comparable, comparative mais triste, superlative o mais triste or tristíssimo, diminutive tristinho, augmentative tristão)

  1. (of a person) sad; unhappy; down
    Eles estavam tristes porque o inverno começou.They were sad because winter had begun.
    Synonym: infeliz
  2. (of something) sad (causing sadness)
    Era um filme bastante triste.It was quite a sad film.
  3. (of a person) disappointed
    Estou muito triste com você.I’m really disappointed with you.
    Synonyms: decepcionado, desapontado
  4. (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]

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triste f pl or n pl

  1. nominative/accusative feminine/neuter plural of trist

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]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾiste/ [ˈt̪ɾis.t̪e]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iste
  • Syllabification: tris‧te

Adjective[edit]

triste (plural tristes, superlative tristísimo)

  1. sad, saddened, blue, gloomy, unhappy, joyless, triste
  2. dismal, dreary, glum, miserable, melancholy
  3. sorrowful, mournful
  4. forlorn
  5. upsetting, saddening
  6. dull

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Swedish[edit]

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triste

  1. absolute definite natural masculine singular of trist.

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