trist
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɹɪst/
Audio (UK) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɪst
Etymology 1
Apparently related to trust.
Noun
trist (plural trists)
- (obsolete) Trust, faith.
Verb
trist (third-person singular simple present trists, present participle tristing, simple past and past participle tristed)
- (obsolete) To trust, have faith in.
Etymology 2
From Old French triste. Compare tryst.
Noun
trist (plural trists)
- (obsolete) A set station in hunting.
- (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.
- 1543, anonymous, Howard Papers, letter dated September 1543
Etymology 3
From Middle English trist, from Middle French trist (“sad”).
Alternative forms
- triste
Adjective
trist (comparative more trist, superlative most trist)
- (obsolete) 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 940138160, stanza 29, page 240:
- A bitter ſorrow by the hart him bit, / Amas’d, aſham’d, diſgras’d, ſad, ſilent, triſt, [...]
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Anagrams
- ritts, trits
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *trist, from Latin trīstis. Compare Welsh trist, French triste.
Adjective
trist
- sad
Derived terms
- tristidigezh
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Catalan trist, from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis, from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis. Compare Occitan triste, Old Spanish tristo.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈtɾist/
Adjective
trist (feminine trista, masculine plural trists or tristos, feminine plural tristes)
- sad, unhappy
Antonyms
- feliç, alegre
Derived terms
- tristesa
- tristament
- entristir
References
- “trist” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “trist”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “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
- sad, mournful
References
- in Gerlyver Kernewek
- Gerlyver Meur, 3rd Edition, 2020
Danish
Etymology
From Latin tristis, via French triste and German trist.
Adjective
trist (neuter trist, plural and definite singular attributive triste, comparative tristere, superlative (predicative) tristest, superlative (attributive) tristeste)
- sad
- (of a situation) sad
References
- “trist” in Den Danske Ordbog
Friulian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis (with a change in declension), from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis. Compare Italian tristo.
Adjective
trist
- bad, wicked, evil, malevolent
Synonyms
- cjâtif
- malcreât
- necuitôs
German
Etymology
Borrowed from French triste. Ultimately from Latin trīstis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁɪst/
Audio (file)
Adjective
trist (strong nominative masculine singular trister, comparative trister, superlative am tristesten)
- dull
- miserable
- sad
Declension
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| 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 | |
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| 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 | |
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| 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
- 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)
- sad
- depressing
- (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)
- sad
- depressing
- (as an adverb) sadly
References
- “trist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis (with a change in declension), from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
trist m (feminine singular trista, masculine plural trists, feminine plural tristas)
- sad
Derived terms
- atristar
- entristar
- entristesir
- entristir
- tristament
- tristesa
- tristor
Further reading
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2016, page 320.
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 998.
Piedmontese
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis (with a change in declension), from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis. Compare Italian tristo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /trist/
Adjective
trist
- sad
Romanian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis (with a change in declension), from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis. Compare Italian tristo and French triste.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /trist/
Adjective
trist m or n (feminine singular tristă, masculine plural triști, feminine and neuter plural triste)
- sad
Declension
| 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 | |||
Antonyms
- fericit, bucuros, vesel
Related terms
- tristețe
Romansch
Alternative forms
- trest (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
Etymology
From Latin trīstis.
Adjective
trist m (feminine singular trista, masculine plural trists, feminine plural tristas)
- (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)
- (colloquial) thirty
Synonyms
- trideset (Standard)
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from French triste, from Latin tristis.
Pronunciation
audio (file)
Adjective
trist (comparative tristare, superlative tristast)
- boring
- not fun, bad, a pity
- Det var trist att höra att din kanin dött
- I’m sorry to hear that your bunny died
Declension
| Inflection of trist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | trist | tristare | tristast |
| Neuter singular | trist | tristare | tristast |
| Plural | trista | tristare | tristast |
| Masculine plural3 | triste | tristare | tristast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | triste | tristare | tristaste |
| All | trista | tristare | tristaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
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)
- sad
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| trist | drist | nhrist | thrist |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- 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