trist
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Apparently related to trust.
Noun edit
trist (plural trists)
Verb edit
trist (third-person singular simple present trists, present participle tristing, simple past and past participle tristed)
Etymology 2 edit
From Old French triste. Compare tryst.
Noun edit
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 edit
Adjective edit
trist (comparative more trist, superlative most trist)
- 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 edit
Breton edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Brythonic *trist, from Latin trīstis. Compare Welsh trist, French triste.
Adjective edit
trist
Derived terms edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Catalan trist, from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis. Compare Occitan triste.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
trist (feminine trista, masculine plural trists or tristos, feminine plural tristes)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “trist” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “trist”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
trist
References edit
- [1] in Gerlyver Kernewek
- Gerlyver Meur, 3rd Edition, 2020
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin tristis, via French triste and German trist.
Adjective edit
trist (neuter trist, plural and definite singular attributive triste, comparative tristere, superlative (predicative) tristest, superlative (attributive) tristeste)
Inflection
Inflection of trist | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | trist | tristere | tristest2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | trist | tristere | tristest2 |
Plural | triste | tristere | tristest2 |
Definite attributive1 | triste | tristere | tristeste |
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 edit
- “trist” in Den Danske Ordbog
Friulian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis. Compare Italian tristo.
Adjective edit
trist
- bad, wicked, evil, malevolent
Synonyms edit
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French triste. Ultimately from Latin trīstis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
trist (strong nominative masculine singular trister, comparative trister, superlative am tristesten)
Declension edit
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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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 |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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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 |
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
Middle English edit
Noun edit
trist
- Alternative form of trest
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Latin tristis, via French triste and German trist.
Adjective edit
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 edit
References edit
- “trist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Latin tristis, via French triste and German trist.
Adjective edit
trist (neuter singular trist, definite singular and plural triste, comparative tristare, indefinite superlative tristast, definite superlative tristaste)
- sad
- depressing
- (as an adverb) sadly
References edit
- “trist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Adjective edit
trist m (feminine singular trista, masculine plural trists, feminine plural tristas)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 320.
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians[2], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 998.
Piedmontese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis. Compare Italian tristo.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
trist
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
trist m or n (feminine singular tristă, masculine plural triști, feminine and neuter plural triste)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Romansch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, from Latin trīstis.
Adjective edit
trist m (feminine singular trista, masculine plural trists, feminine plural tristas)
Antonyms edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Numeral edit
trist (Cyrillic spelling трист)
- (colloquial) thirty
- Synonym: (Standard) trideset
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French triste, from Latin tristis.
Pronunciation edit
audio (file)
Adjective edit
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 edit
Inflection of trist | |||
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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 |
References edit
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh trist, from Old Welsh trist, from Proto-Brythonic *trist, from Latin trīstis.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /triːsd/, [triːst]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /trɪsd/, [trɪst]
- Rhymes: -iːsd, -ɪsd
Adjective edit
trist (feminine singular trist, plural tristion, equative tristed, comparative tristach, superlative tristaf)
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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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 edit
- 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